Ahdar

Worlds colliding; conservative christians and the law

Worlds Colliding argues that the prevailing worldview held by those in positions of power in Western government sets the bounds for religious tolerance. It explores the degree to which a modern liberal state will alow a countercultural community the freedom to live according to its concept of the good life. Specifically, it takes one important group of religionists, "conservative Christians" (essentially theologically conservative, usually Protestant, Christians who adhere to 'traditional" more values) and investigates how their worldview, attitudes and practices are treated by a state holding to an increasingly antithetical worldview. It analyzes existing legal material in a new light drawing together a number of apparently disparate contemporary controversies and setting them within a coherent framework. This book is an important new study of the tension between conservative religion and modern liberal democracy.