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The Right to Wear Religious Symbols

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Right to Wear Religious Symbols
Authors and Contributors      By (author) D. Hill
By (author) D. Whistler
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreSocial and political philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Religious issues and debates
ISBN/Barcode 9781137354167
ClassificationsDewey:342.240852137
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations XVI, 128 p.; XVI, 128 p.

Publishing Details

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint Palgrave Pivot
Publication Date 2 October 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Clearly presenting the case-law concerning Article 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights, this is a lively and accessible analysis of a key issue in contemporary society: whether there is a human right to wear a religious symbol and how far any such right extends.

Author Biography

Daniel J. Hill is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is author of Divinity and Maximal Greatness (2005) and of Christian Philosophy: A-Z (2007). He is Secretary of the Tyndale Fellowship's Study Group in Philosophy of Religion. Daniel Whistler is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is author of Schelling's Theory of Symbolic Language (2013), and co-editor of After the Postsecular and the Postmodern (2010) and Moral Powers, Fragile Beliefs (2011). He is currently editing the Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Theology (forthcoming).