Faith in Politics

Religion and Liberal Democracy

AvBryan T. McGraw

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

No account of contemporary politics can ignore religion. The liberal democratic tradition in political thought has long treated religion with some suspicion, regarding it as a source of division and instability. Faith in Politics shows how such arguments are unpersuasive and dependent on questionable empirical claims: rather than being a serious threat to democracies' legitimacy, stability and freedom, religion can be democratically constructive. Using historical cases of important religious political movements to add empirical weight, Bryan McGraw suggests that religion will remain a significant political force for the foreseeable future and that pluralist democracies would do well to welcome rather than marginalize it.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-10
Mått:158 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:600 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:330
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521113335

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Bryan T. McGraw is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Wheaton College.

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'Bryan McGraw provides an insightful, compelling treatment of the place of religion in liberal democracy. His empirical and philosophical case prompts readers to rethink existing understandings of tolerance, deliberation, and legitimacy in religiously plural democracies.' Lucas Swaine, Dartmouth College and author of The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of Religious Pluralism

Innehållsförteckning

1. Europe's religious parties and the liberal consensus; 2. The argument for deliberative restraint; 3. The problem with secular reasons; 4. Public reason and religious conflict; 5. Religion and the problem of political autonomy; 6. Making the most of conflict: religion and political toleration; Conclusion. Toward a better sort of liberal democracy.