Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Chapter on ‘Western “Civic Totalism,” Sovereignty of the People, and the Need for Limited Government’ in ICLARS-volume

Source: http://www.routledge.com The description of the volume on Religion, Pluralism, and Reconciling Difference, edited by W. Cole Durham Jr. and Donlu Thayer, reads as follows: 'We live in an increasingly pluralized world. This sociological reality has become the irreversible destiny of humankind. Even once religiously homogeneous societies are becoming increasingly diverse. Religious freedom is modernity’s… Continue reading Chapter on ‘Western “Civic Totalism,” Sovereignty of the People, and the Need for Limited Government’ in ICLARS-volume

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Comparative Constitutional Law, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics

Blogpost ‘Religious Freedom, Eastern Ethical Monism, and Western “Civic Totalism”‘

'Just like by the ethically monistic character of certain theoretizations of Confucian democracy, expressive liberty is threatened by a Western "civic totalism" that – as Galston puts it – "tacitly views public institutions as plenipotentiary".' Read about the background of this development in my new blogpost for Leiden Law Blog: http://leidenlawblog.nl/articles/religious-freedom-eastern-ethical-monism-and-western-civic-totalism.