Bibliography: BIB27782

Key	BIB27782
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	The Religious Foundations of Civil Society (Part 2)
Journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
Author	Heller, Wendy M.
Year	2000
Date	September–December 2000
Issue	3-4
Volume	10
Abstract	This article explores, from a Bahá'í perspective, the loss of a transcendent ethical basis as a central problem of modern social theory. It discusses religion as the source of society's moral foundations and its organizing principles of order, law, and governance. Through an analysis of John Locke's writings on religion and government, the foundations of the concept of civil society are traced to the idea of covenant as embedded in the natural law tradition. Civil society and theocracy are compared, and the implications of dissent and divisive conflict in a consent-based theory of religious toleration are discussed. The article concludes with the collapse, in modernity, of the religious foundations, and the disintegration of the classical concept of, civil society.
Language	English
Keywords	COVENANT; RELIGION; GOVERNMENT; SOCIETY; SOCIAL POLICY; SECULARIZATION; LOCKE, JOHN
URL	https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/450
DOI	https://doi.org/10.31581/jbs-10.3-4.450(2000)
Pages	25–56