Democracy, Religious Pluralism and the Liberal Dilemma of Accommodation

203 Pages·2011·1.62 MB·English

by  Monica Mookherjee (eds.)

DEMOCRACY,RELIGIOUSPLURALISMANDTHELIBERAL
DILEMMAOFACCOMMODATION
STUDIESINGLOBALJUSTICE
VOLUME7
SeriesEditor
DeenK.Chatterjee,UniversityofUtah,SaltLakeCity,UT,U.S.A.
EditorialBoard
ElizabethAshford,UniversityofSt.Andrews,U.K.
GillianBrock,UniversityofAuckland,NewZealand
SimonCaney,OxfordUniversity,U.K.
MichaelDoyle,ColumbiaUniversity,U.S.A.
AndreasFollesdal,UniversityofOslo,Norway
CarolGould,TempleUniversity,U.S.A.
VirginiaHeld,CUNY,U.S.A.
AlisonJaggar,UniversityofColorado,U.S.A.
JonMandle,SUNY,Albany,U.S.A.
OnoraO’Neill,TheBritishAcademy,U.K.
SanjayReddy,ColumbiaUniversity,BarnardCollege,U.S.A.
HenryShue,OxfordUniversity,U.K.
Kok-ChorTan,UniversityofPennsylvania,U.S.A.
LeifWenar,UniversityofSheffield,U.K.
VeroniqueZanetti,UniversityofBielefeld,Germany
AimsandScope
In today’s world, national borders seem irrelevant when it comes to international crime
andterrorism.Likewise,humanrights,poverty,inequality,democracy,development,trade,
bioethics, hunger, war and peace are all issues of global rather than national justice. The
factthatmassdemonstrationsareorganizedwhenever theworld’sgovernmentsandpoliti-
ciansgathertodiscusssuchmajorinternationalissuesistestimonytoawidespreadappeal
forjusticearoundtheworld.
Discussionsofglobaljusticearenotlimitedtothefieldsofpoliticalphilosophyandpolitical
theory. In fact, research concerning global justice quite often requires an interdisciplinary
approach.Itinvolvesaspectsofethics,law,humanrights,internationalrelations,sociology,
economics, public health, and ecology. Springer’s new series Studies in Global Justice up
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anthologiesthatdealwithbothbasicnormativetheorizinganditsinstitutionalapplications.
Thevolumesintheseriesdiscusssuchaspectsofglobaljusticeasthescopeofsocialjustice,
themoralsignificanceofborders,globalinequalityandpoverty,thejustificationandcontent
ofhumanrights,theaimsandmethodsofdevelopment,globalenvironmentaljustice,global
bioethics,theglobalinstitutionalorderandthejusticeofinterventionandwar.
Volumesinthisserieswillproveofgreatrelevancetoresearchers,educatorsandstudents,as
wellaspoliticians,policy-makersandgovernmentofficials.
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Democracy, Religious Pluralism
and the Liberal Dilemma
of Accommodation
Editedby
MONICAMOOKHERJEE
KeeleUniversity,UK
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Editor
Dr.MonicaMookherjee
KeeleUniversity
SchoolofPolitics,International
Relations&Philosophy(SPIRE)
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UnitedKingdom
[email protected]
ISSN1871-0409
ISBN978-90-481-9016-4 e-ISBN978-90-481-9017-1
DOI10.1007/978-90-481-9017-1
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Acknowledgements
The idea for this volume originated in the course of my involvement in a seminar
series project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on ‘The
Politics of Recognition and the Dynamics of Social Conflict’. I would like to
extend especially warm thanks to the coordinators of the project, Professor Shane
O’NeillandDr.CillianMcBride,ofQueensUniversityBelfast,fortheirexceptional
generosityandinvaluablesupport.
ThespecificworkshopfromwhichthisvolumeariseswasheldinJune2008at
theUniversityofKeele,andwasentitled‘TolerationandRecognitioninanAgeof
Religious Pluralism’. For the smooth running of this productive event I thank the
administrativestaffattheResearchInstituteforLaw,PoliticsandJusticeatKeele.
ParticularthanksgotoJillGordonandHelenFarrell.Theeventwouldnothavebeen
possiblebutforthepaper-givers,mostofwhomhavecontributedtothisvolume.The
participants,someofwhomtravelledaconsiderabledistancetoattend,ensuredan
excellentatmosphereofrigorousinquiryandrobustdiscussion.InthatrespectIam
especially indebted to Susan Mendus, Peter Jones, Maria Dimova-Cookson, Colin
Tyler,JaneKrishnadas,LieveGiesandGavinBailey.
Thanks are owed to Deen Chatterjee, series editor of Springer’s Studies in
Global Justice, two anonymous reviewers for Springer, and to Neil Olivier and
Diana Nijenhuijzen, who responded patiently and efficiently to my queries and
provided invaluable and unstintingly sympathetic support throughout the pro-
cess. Additional thanks are owed to Integra Software Service’s Project Manager,
Poornima Aishwarya, for her careful attention at the final proof stage. The final
stages of the editorial work were completed during the spring of 2010. For their
forbearance while I tried to combine my teaching and administrative duties with
workonthismanuscript,IamextremelygratefultomycolleaguesintheSchoolof
Politics,InternationalRelationsandPhilosophyatKeele,aswellas,inparticular,to
Zoe Pearson, Ambreena Manji, Jane Krishnadas and Brian Doherty on the course
teamforKeele’sMAinHumanRights,GlobalisationandJustice.Lastbutnotleast,
IamgratefultoGlenNeweyforprovidinginvaluableadviceontheeditorialprocess,
attimesfromaconsiderabledistance.
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Contents
1 Introduction–LiberalDemocracyandReligiousPluralism:
AccommodatingorResistingtheDiversityofaGlobalisingAge? . 1
MonicaMookherjee
PartI Religious Pluralism in Liberal Democracies:
TolerationandtheDynamicsofSocialConflict
2 ReligionsandLiberalDemocracy:ReflectionsonDoctrinal,
InstitutionalandAttitudinalLearning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
VeitBader
3 HowNottoTolerateReligion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
GlenNewey
4 OntheMuslimQuestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
AnneNorton
5 DealingMorallywithReligiousDifferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SorinBaiasu
6 DiversityandEquality:‘TolerationasRecognition’Reconsidered . 103
AndreaBaumeister
PartII Cases, Concepts and New Frameworks
forAccommodatingReligioninLiberalDemocracies
7 ModusVivendiandReligiousConflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
JohnHorton
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