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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"freedom of conscience"”.
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Acting in Conscience A Natural Law Based Approach to Freedom of Conscience
The relationship between the authority of conscience and the authority of the state is a perennial issue in both political and ethical philosophy. The extreme emphasis on the authority of the state or conscience leads to the undermining of a free society. This thesis will explore the issues at play …
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A Burl on the Living Tree: Freedom of Conscience in Section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
… grants to everyone, in s.2(a), the “fundamental …freedom of conscience and religion.” Yet the interaction between the two operative terms, “religion” and “conscience” remains largely unexplored. What, for example, is meant by “conscience”? By conscience in contradistinction to religion? Does s. …
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Thinking Together about the Common Good: The Political Implications of Thomas Aquinas's Theory of Conscience
… examines the problems confronted by claims of ‘freedom of conscience’ in contemporary political society, and argues that freedom of conscience is a critical foundational component of any free political regime. Yet, conscience is often invoked as the final authority or justification for any …
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WE SUBDUED THE BODY BUT NOT THE COURAGE': POPULAR LITERATURE, SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY, AND CEREMONIAL RITES OF POWER DURING THE DUTCH REVOLT, 1550-1598'
By engaging with the vast body of pamphlet literature, rarely seen engravings and images, personal and official correspondence between leading figures, edicts and proclamations, visual renderings and written accounts of public ceremonials, and songs, poems, and placards published between 1550 and …
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The mystical theology of Peter Sterry : a study in neoplatonist Puritanism
… deserves attention as an impmtant member of the Cambridge Platonist movement, a key forerunner of the English nonconformists, and, in addition, as a prominent espouser of millennarianism. Interestingly, despite the everpresent mysticism in his works, Sterry's years as Cromwell's chaplain …
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Sephardi Jewish converts in Early Modern Amsterdam: The Quest for Zion In The Dutch Republic
… for Zion in the Dutch Republic tells the story of the Iberian New Christians or conversos – Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism – who arrived in Amsterdam in the early 1600s. In post-Reformation Netherlands, they encountered something new, Freedom of Conscience, a fundamental tenet inscribed …
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Religious institutions and associational freedom in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence.
… explores the nature, source and scope of the rights of religious institutions in the American legal tradition. I analyze the Supreme Court's treatment not only of houses of worship, but of religious non-profits, schools, businesses, and student groups at public universities as well. I …
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The Limits to Appearance Autonomy in the Workplace: An Assessment of the Law and Recommendations for Reform in South Africa
… we dress and present ourselves are indicative of our personal expression and unique identity. Appearance is a fundamental aspect of an individual's sense of self and is worthy of protection. Despite this, adverse decisions are often made on the basis of appearance, and appearance may determine …
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Re-Negotiating Czechoslovakia. The State and the Jews in Communist Central Europe: The Czech Lands, 1945-1989
… citizens called Czechoslovakia home in 1945, out of a prewar population of 315,000. More than half chose to emigrate. Others attempted to conceal their roots. Still others hoped to rebuild the Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. Before they could establish a new modus vivendi, before …