Revisiting Sphere Sovereignty to Interpret Restrictions on Religious Freedom
In this article, the Kuyperian concept of sphere sovereignty will be revisited in order to describe the multidimensionality of religious freedom. This article will show that true religious freedom requires not only a sovereign church sphere – the respect of church autonomy –, but also the freedom fo...
| Published in: | Philosophia reformata |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Philosophia reformata
Year: 2015, Volume: 80, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-122 |
| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church SA Church law; state-church law VA Philosophy |
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Religious Freedom
religious persecution
sphere sovereignty
Islamic extremism
secular intolerance
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| Summary: | In this article, the Kuyperian concept of sphere sovereignty will be revisited in order to describe the multidimensionality of religious freedom. This article will show that true religious freedom requires not only a sovereign church sphere – the respect of church autonomy –, but also the freedom for religious expression in all other spheres of society. The first section will try to show that restrictions on religious expression in any sphere of society are restrictions on religious freedom. The second and third sections will provide examples of two global dynamics which in very distinct ways go against sphere sovereignty and specifically restrict religious expression in different spheres of society: “Islamic extremism” and “secular intolerance”. The article will conclude with a reflection about the virtues of sphere sovereignty as a guarantee against tyranny, and therefore also as a safeguard of religious freedom. |
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| ISSN: | 2352-8230 |
| Contains: | In: Philosophia reformata
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/23528230-08001007 |