Controversial Issues and the Rhetoric of Common Values

In this article, I identify a broad, international ‘rhetoric of common values’, which hinges on the poorly supported assumption that values should be promoted because the sharing of values are the basis for social cohesion in groups. Through discussing two cases, I identify, analyse and critique key...

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Main Author: Iversen, Lars Laird (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B communities of disagreement
B Religious Education
B Controversial Issues
B rhetoric of common values
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