Religious freedom in a secular society

Authors

  • Roger Trigg

Keywords:

European Court of Human Rights, religious freedom, discrimination, equality, human rights, reasonable accommodation, conscience, secularism

Abstract

Secularism in Europe tends to look for a society free from religion rather than free for it. The result is that as examples from recent jurisprudence in Europe, and the United Kingdom in particular, indicate, “equality”, and the right not be discriminated against, too often simply trump claims to a right to freedom of religion. In addition, freedom of religion is too often truncated to mean freedom of worship. What is needed is a reasonable accommodation between the demands of competing rights, so that the needs of all can, if possible, be properly met.

Author Biography

Roger Trigg

Roger Trigg (*1941) has submitted an application for appointment as Research Associate which is pending with the Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick; Academic Director, Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life, Kellogg College, Oxford, OX2 6PN.

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Published

2022-12-20

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2012): Rising Restrictions Worldwide

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2012 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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