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faith-based organizations in a democratic society
"In Pluralism and Freedom, Stephen V. Monsma explores the question of how much autonomy should faith-based organizations retain when they enter the public realm? He contends that pluralism and freedom demand their religious freedom be respected, but that freedom of all religious traditions and of the general public and secular groups be equally respected, ideals that neither the left nor the right live up to. In response, Monsma argues that democratic pluralism requires a genuine, authentic--but also a limited--autonomy for faith-based organizations providing public services, and offers practical, concrete public policy applications of this framework in practice"--provided by publisher.
Chapter 1. The issue that will not go away -- Chapter 2. Faith-based organizations and the network of human services -- Chapter 3. The seedbeds of attitudes toward faith-based organizations -- Chapter 4. The partisan-political landscape today -- Chapter 5. Structural pluralism in Christian Democratic thought -- Chapter 6. Faith-based organizations in a pluralistic public square.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Church and state -- History -- 20th century
Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century
Religious pluralism -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century
Pluralism and Freedom : Faith-Based Organizations in a Democratic Society
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2011