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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. In Medias Res: Communal Religious Freedom under Pressure
2. Social Pluralist Constitutionalism
3. Pluriform Democracy
4. A Generous Conception of Religious Freedom
Conclusion: “A Horizon of Beauty”
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