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Claims: Religion and Power

Clusters: Religion and Power

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This index gathers the clusters within Religion and Power and links them to the index of claims.

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  • Divine prohibition is limited, and human law is a changing regulatory domain
  • The historical conflation of religion and power produced despotism and extremism
  • Religion is voluntary and innate, and coercive power is its opposite
  • The message, abrogation, and the gradation of sovereignty shift legislation to human ijtihad
  • Rituals are outside political coercion, and freedom is a condition of worship and jihad
  • Renaissance and the civil state require moving beyond the authoritarian heritage and building citizenship

6 items under this folder.

  • Divine prohibition is limited, and human law is a mutable field of regulation

    • Messengerhood, abrogation, and the gradation of governance shift legislation to human ijtihad

      • Religion Is Voluntary and Innate, and Coercive Authority Is Its Opposite

        • Renaissance and the Civil State Require Overcoming Authoritarian Heritage and Building Citizenship

          • Rituals Beyond Political Coercion, and Freedom as a Condition of Worship and Jihad

            • The Historical Confusion Between Religion and Power Gave Rise to Tyranny and Extremism


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