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England and Wales -- Test Act 1673 --- England and Wales -- Corporation act (1661) --- Dissenters, Religious -- Great Britain --- Religion and state -- Great Britain --- Catholic emancipation

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Why should we care about religious liberty? Leading commentators, United Kingdom courts, and the European Court of Human Rights have de-emphasised the special importance of religious liberty. They frequently contend it falls within a more general concern for personal autonomy. In this liberal egalitarian account, religious liberty claims are often rejected when faced with competing individual interests - the neutral secular state must protect us against the liberty-constraining acts of religions. Joel Harrison challenges this account. He argues that it is rooted in a theologically derived narrative of secularisation: rather than being neutral, it rests on a specific construction of 'secular' and 'religious' spheres. This challenge makes space for an alternative theological, political, and legal vision. Drawing from Christian thought, from St Augustine to John Milbank, Harrison develops a post-liberal focus on association. Religious liberty, he argues, facilitates creating communities seeking solidarity, fraternity, and charity - goals that are central to our common good.

Freedom of religion --- Religion and state --- Religion and politics --- Secularism --- Secularization (Theology) --- Liberalism --- Political aspects --- Religious aspects --- Liberté religieuse --- Religion et Etat --- Religion et politique --- Sécularisation --- Sécularisation (Théologie) --- Libéralisme --- Aspect politique --- Aspect religieux --- Freedom of religion - Great Britain. --- Religion and state - Great Britain. --- Religion and politics - Great Britain. --- Secularism - Political aspects - Great Britain. --- Secularization (Theology) - Great Britain. --- Liberalism - Religious aspects - Great Britain.