In recent years concerns about social cohesion and religious toleration have become increasingly problematic and fraught in Australia. Religious vilification laws are one way that governments have sought to address these issues, with mixed results. In the context of these concerns, this thesis focuses on the question of state toleration of religion as distinct from interpersonal tolerance (and argues for the importance of this distinction) and to analyse the shape and rationale of such a policy. It argues that state toleration can be understood as the product of a concept of religion in relation to the development of the modern sovereign state. The nature and origin of this dynamic is illustrated well by John Locke's arguments for religious...
The new significance of religion in Australian politics raises serious questions about how our polit...
My aim is not to watch the gradual breaking down of a tradition - that of an 'established' church -u...
This article examines the contentious nature of religion in relation to questions of interreligious ...
In this paper, I examine the assumptions that underpin secular neutrality and how they might block g...
Religious vilification laws impose penalties for encouraging hatred, contempt or ridicule of others ...
In 1901, an act of the British Parliament established the modern, independent nation of Australia, o...
This article explains the weakness of the argument that religious vilification laws promote harmony ...
Section 116 of the Australian Constitution states that the Commonwealth shall not make a law establi...
The parties contributing to the Freedom of Religion and Belief in Australia Inquiry had a strong int...
Institutionally and culturally, Australia bridges Britain and the United States, the Old and New Wor...
Institutionally and culturally, Australia bridges Britain and the United States, the Old and New Wor...
The place of religion in the Australian democracy and the nature of religious freedom in Australia h...
The parties contributing to the Freedom of Religion and Belief in Australia Inquiry had a strong int...
While the world undergoes a religious revival, the protection of religious freedom, particularly of ...
Processes of globalization have resulted in increasingly culturally and religiously diverse societie...
The new significance of religion in Australian politics raises serious questions about how our polit...
My aim is not to watch the gradual breaking down of a tradition - that of an 'established' church -u...
This article examines the contentious nature of religion in relation to questions of interreligious ...
In this paper, I examine the assumptions that underpin secular neutrality and how they might block g...
Religious vilification laws impose penalties for encouraging hatred, contempt or ridicule of others ...
In 1901, an act of the British Parliament established the modern, independent nation of Australia, o...
This article explains the weakness of the argument that religious vilification laws promote harmony ...
Section 116 of the Australian Constitution states that the Commonwealth shall not make a law establi...
The parties contributing to the Freedom of Religion and Belief in Australia Inquiry had a strong int...
Institutionally and culturally, Australia bridges Britain and the United States, the Old and New Wor...
Institutionally and culturally, Australia bridges Britain and the United States, the Old and New Wor...
The place of religion in the Australian democracy and the nature of religious freedom in Australia h...
The parties contributing to the Freedom of Religion and Belief in Australia Inquiry had a strong int...
While the world undergoes a religious revival, the protection of religious freedom, particularly of ...
Processes of globalization have resulted in increasingly culturally and religiously diverse societie...
The new significance of religion in Australian politics raises serious questions about how our polit...
My aim is not to watch the gradual breaking down of a tradition - that of an 'established' church -u...
This article examines the contentious nature of religion in relation to questions of interreligious ...