Religion in Liberal Democracy as a Form of Life: Free and Equal (Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics)

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Acknowledgements
Part I
	1 Religious diversity in liberal democratic societies
	2 Self-determination and the predominant liberal account of religious freedom
		Self-determination
		Freedom of religion or belief: the predominant liberal account
		Challenges to the predominant liberal account
			The cultural nationalist challenge
			The critical religion challenge
Part II
	Introduction to Part II
	3 Historical developments of policies of religion
		Historical developments of policies of religion in Germany
		Historical developments of policies of religion in the Netherlands
	4 Recent developments of the religious field
		Secularization, unchurching, and the culturalization and heritagization of religion
		Pluralization of the religious field
			New forms of religiosity and unaffiliated spirituality
			Judaism and Jewish communities
			Islam
	5 Systematic reflections on past and present policies of religion
Part III
	6 Temporal religious forms: holidays
		The social and political significance of temporal religious forms
		Good Friday as a silent public holiday in Germany
		An Islamic public holiday in Germany?
		Philosophical reflections
	7 Material religious forms: crosses, a crescent, and anti-Jewish sculptures
		The social and political significance of material religious forms
		Crosses and a crescent
		Anti-Jewish sculptures on church facades
		Philosophical reflections
	8 Bodily practices—(not) shaking hands with people of the opposite sex
		The handshake and Islamic modesty regulations
		Arguments for shaking hands with men and women
		Muslims dealing with the handshake issue in everyday life
		Philosophical reflections
	9 Pictures and norms concerning acts of expression
		Offence and moral injury
		Damaged civic status and anti-religious racism
		Philosophical reflections
Part IV
	10 Taking stock: the liberal account of freedom of religion or belief and liberal democracy as a form of life
	11 Religion in liberal democracy as a form of life
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