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| Religion: Religion is a system of beliefs and practices that relate humanity to spirituality and moral values. Many religions have organized communities of believers and some have sacred texts or scriptures. Some religions have no formal organization or sacred texts. See also Religious belief, Theology, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Word of God, God, Bible, Bible criticism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Locke on Religion - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 245 Religion/Locke/Höffe: According to Locke, religious communities (...) are voluntary associations of like-minded religious people without any authority. Responsible for the creed and the service, they are allowed to determine the cultic custom, the outward form of the rites that seem to serve the salvation of the believers. They may determine the worship service, church life and pastoral care, and even have the right to Höffe I 246 punish deviant beliefs and heresies through exclusion from the religious community. However, this exclusion, the excommunication, must not have any "civic" consequences; the basic assets of the citizen must remain untouched. Since no religious community is entitled to secular authority, the churches may not make use of the state's monopoly of force and are obliged to coexist peacefully with one another. >Toleration/Locke._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loc III J. Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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