Contemporary Democratic Theory and Religion: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415552189 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Camil Ungureanu

Opis

Should democratic politics and religion, political reason and faith be completely separated from each other, or should they be seen in a relationship of discursive interaction? The continuous presence of religion in the public sphere has undermined state-induced attempts to privatise faith, and it has raised anew normative and practical issues related to the place of religion in a democratic polity, generating spirited political debates. This textbook:

• Provides an introduction to, and a critical appraisal of the major schools of political thought with a focus on the relationship between democracy and religion.
• Contains an analysis of different schools: political liberalism, postmodernism, and Christian thought, analytical and continental political theory.
• Discusses religion from the perspective of the emerging field of international political theory.
• Features reflections on the question of Islam and Islamism.
• Include an analysis and appraisal of the issue of religion in contemporary republican thinking.
• Deals with the relationship between democracy and religion from the perspective of two opposing theologians, representing important theological trends.
• Teases out the political implications of post-modern thought in a jargon-free manner.

This important text will be of great to use to students of religion and politics in the fields of political and legal theory, and religious and theological studies.

Spis treści

Introduction: A Plea for Complexity  1. Political Liberalism, Public Reason, and Religion: John Rawls  2. Public Reason Contested: Religion, Citizenship, and Inclusion  3. Postsecularism, Translation, and Religion: Jürgen Habermas  4. Republicanism: Between Non-domination, the Common Good, and Civil Religion  5. Charles Taylor’s Hermeneutics of Modernity: Secularization, Recognition, and Inclusive Liberalism  6. Multiculturalism and its Critics: From Rise to Fall?  7. The Conundrum of Gender Equality and Religion: Between the Autonomy and the Capability Approach  8. Democracy and Postmodernism: Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo  9. Globalization and the Ambivalence of Religion