Religion, Public Space and Toleration

Abstract

The panel combines political theory discussions about toleration of religious minorities with comparative or single case studies of how issues of religious toleration in public spaces have been dealt with across Europe. The panel aims to integrate theoretical discussions of the concept of and justifications for toleration with case studies issues involving the application of these theoretical concepts to issues concerning the presence of religious minorities in public spaces, e.g. debates about the establishment of publicly visible places of worship for religious minorities such as the recent Swiss ban on the building of mosques. The panel draws on the European seventh framework program research project 'RESPECT - Towards a “Topography” of Tolerance and Equal Respect' (http://www.respect.iusspavia.it/), in which chairs and authors of the provisional paper proposals participate, and from among whom discussants will also be drawn, but it is also open for submissions from other interested participants. • Key words: Public space, religion, toleration

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Why should I respect you?: a critique and a suggestion for the justification for mutual respect in Contractualism	View Paper Details
Mosques in a Jewish State: Between Religious toleration and National Conflict.	View Paper Details
Religious Toleration of Muslims in the Public Space.	View Paper Details
A Multirelational Account of Tolerance and Respect	View Paper Details
Delineating the Boundaries: Space Allocation as Exemplary Moments in Democratic Self-Definition	View Paper Details
A Matter of Respect. On the relation between the majority and minorities in a democracy	View Paper Details