John Locke, Christian Liberty, and the Predicament of Liberal Toleration

Roover, Jakob De; Balagangadhara, S.N.

doi:10.1177/0090591708317969

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“…The current academic literature questions whether Locke's work forms the foundation to liberal secularism, or whether it stemmed from Protestant political theology (De Roover & Balagangadhara, 2008). De Roover & Balagangadhara (2008: p. 523) point out that these two sides of the debate on Locke are both valid.…”

Section: The Debate On Secularismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Liberal peace and peacebuilding: global and local debates in the context of Sri Lanka

Jirasinghe

2018

Sri Lanka J. Soc. Sci.

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This paper examines the key global debates on liberal peace and peacebuilding and their nexus with the Sri Lankan conflict, the efforts to resolve the conflict and the ensuing local discourses. The end of the cold war heralded the possibility of a liberal world order. This triumph of the liberal order underlined a normative assumption of "the end of history", not as a static closure, but as embodying an ideology with the potential for delineating the optimal form of governance for a state, its economy and citizens 1 . Since the end of the cold-war, liberal peace has become the main policy framework that has been used by the International Community (IC) to engage with and intervene in conflict ridden states as a means for creating global peace by stabilising states and strengthening global markets 2 . However, the liberal peace thesis and the attendant liberal peacebuilding interventionist frameworks for local and global peace have spurned a critical discourse that questions the validity of the thesis and the effectiveness of its policy and practice outcomes. Sri Lanka mirrors the global debates and policy impact of the ideological framework of the global thesis, as it has a history of liberal governance (traceable to the 19 th century) and liberal peacebuilding (traceable to the 20 th century).

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Section: The Debate On Secularismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Liberal peace and peacebuilding: global and local debates in the context of Sri Lanka

Jirasinghe

2018

Sri Lanka J. Soc. Sci.

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“…Contemporary political theorists have analysed the impact of religious belief on the conceptualisations of toleration and secularism, highlighting the nuances that particular interpretations of Christian (Schwartzman, 2005, De Roover andBalagangadhara, 2008), Muslim (March 2010), Jewish (Fraenkel, 2010), Hindu (Spinner-Halev, 2005, De Roover et al, 2011 and other religious beliefs have contributed to our thinking of these concepts (McLennan, 2010). Yet there are no systematic studies of the role that atheism plays in contemporary political theory.…”

Section: Atheism Secularism and Toleration Towards A Political Atheomentioning

confidence: 99%

Atheism, secularism and toleration: Towards a political atheology

Devellennes

2017

Contemp Polit Theory

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There are numerous existing political atheologies that can be characterised by three movements -negative, positive, and critical atheological projects. By focusing on the critical atheologies of two political theorists, Richard Rorty and William Connolly, this article presents an insider's view of the influence that atheism has on political thought. After drawing out just what makes Rorty and Connolly's philosophies atheological, this article sets itself the task of drawing the consequences of a critical atheology for two fundamental concepts of contemporary political theory: secularism and toleration. These Enlightenment ideals can be rescued and re-framed following a pluralist critique. By refining our understanding of secularism beyond a strict church-state separation, an agonistic secularism which promotes an ethos of engagement is defended therein. Secondly, toleration is then defended in its agonistic form to include the practice of critique against conceptions of indifference or respect. Finally, the hard case of the French ban on veils in public schools is discussed to highlight the contribution of this political atheology to an important social issue.

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“…They are part of larger clusters and networks of ideas that shape the natural language use of Western societies. In the case of "religion" and its cognates, this happens to be a set of clusters that is largely determined by Christian theology and its secularization (Balagangadhara 2005b;De Roover and Balagangadhara 2008;De Roover and Claerhout 2010). …”

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Gandhi, Conversion, and the Equality of Religions: More Experiments with Truth

Claerhout

2014

Numen

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Even though Gandhi is often cited in the debate on religious conversion in India, his viewpoints have not been systematically analyzed. One reason is that his writings present a confounding blend of concepts derived from different traditions. The article argues that this fact provides a unique entry point into Gandhi's thought. By looking for systematic patterns in his distortive use of English-language terms and ideas, the background ideas that have structured his reasoning can be traced. The conceptual distortions in Gandhi's writings are shaped by these ideas, which reflect typical Indian attitudes and modes of thought on the question of religion and conversion. Analyzing his writings in this way not only allows for an explanation of his views on religion and his antagonism to conversion, but also clarifies the widespread unease towards Christian proselytism in contemporary India. KeywordsGandhi, religious conversion, Indian traditions, proselytism, anti-conversion laws 1 A special word of thanks has to go to the editors and the anonymous reviewers for Numen, whose comments greatly helped to improve the argumentation of this essay. I would also like to thank the members of the research group Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap at Ghent University for their help and support.

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John Locke, Christian Liberty, and the Predicament of Liberal Toleration

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

Liberal peace and peacebuilding: global and local debates in the context of Sri Lanka

Liberal peace and peacebuilding: global and local debates in the context of Sri Lanka

Atheism, secularism and toleration: Towards a political atheology

Gandhi, Conversion, and the Equality of Religions: More Experiments with Truth

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