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Podcast: New Books in Law
Episode: Gideon Sapir and Daniel Statman, "State and Religion in Israel: A Philosophical-Legal Inquiry" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Description: Mahatma Gandhi said, “Those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either.”The relationship between religion and state presents complex challenges to liberal democracies around the world. In this work, Gideon Sapir and David StatmanPropose a comprehensive theory about state and religion relations, providing tools to think systematically about questions in this fieldUse a clear philosophical underpinning for its analysisOffer a detailed case study of the arrangements in Israel which encourages sensitivity to the unique circumstances of different countriesState and Religion in Israel: A Philosophical-Legal Inquiry (Cambridge UP, 2019) begins with a philosophical analysis of the two main questions regar...