{"id":17511,"date":"2013-09-16T11:28:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=17511"},"modified":"2013-09-16T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:28:13","slug":"limits-to-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/09\/limits-to-religious-freedom.html","title":{"rendered":"Limits to Religious Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/approachingjustice\/2013\/09\/15\/it-is-constitution-week-a-preamble\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday is Constitution Day<\/a>, and I will be gathering students from my course on \u201cReligion and Freedom of Expression\u201d soon for the first time to talk about Randall Bezanson\u2019s book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0252076990\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0252076990&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How Free Can Religion Be?<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0252076990\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em>, I thought I would see if there is interest in discussing the topic on this blog. As a starting point for discussion, here is a video which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2013\/09\/13\/where-should-we-draw-the-line-on-tolerance-for-religious-practices\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta made and shared<\/a> recently:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where do you draw the line on tolerance for religious practices?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BznvIUa_CdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>That there are limits to religious freedom even in a society that values religious freedom is clear.But the question of what those limits should be, and how to define them and apply them fairly, remains challenging and controversial.\u00a0Bezanson\u2019s book does a great job of highlighting the issues as illustrated by the arguments, decisions, and dissenting opinions in Supreme Court cases over the years.<\/p>\n<p>What are your views on the limits of religious freedom in a free society? Which country\u2019s or era\u2019s approach to religious freedom do you view as optimal, and why?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Tuesday is Constitution Day, and I will be gathering students from my course on \u201cReligion and Freedom of Expression\u201d soon for the first time to talk about Randall Bezanson\u2019s book How Free Can Religion Be?, I thought I would see if there is interest in discussing the topic on this blog. 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