Cover Story: church and state What’s the proper place of religion in public l i fe? Is France r ight to ban religious clothing? Is American politics too religious? Should we consider the moral wisdom of religious traditions when deciding what to do as a people? Or should civic duties always trump religious values? These questions and more are discussed in a t imely forum on the church and state.
FORUM 73 Religion and the secular state
Robert Audi
80 Liberal views Clare Chambers
86 Persistent privilege Richard Norman
92 Religion, law and society Roger Trigg
99 Civic duties Robert B Talisse
105 A secularist principle Alan Haworth
REVIEWS 116 Claire Creffield on Gravity 119 Derek Ball on Consciousness and the
Limits of Objectivity
122 Margaret Betz on Hitler’s Philosophers
125 Steven Luper on Death and the Afterlife
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