Under God?: Religious Faith and Liberal Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780521532174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 220 str.

Michael J. Perry

Opis

Michael J. Perry has become well-known as a commentator on the role of faith in the public life of a liberal democracy over the past twelve years. Perry argues in this new book that political reliance on religious faith violates neither the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution nor, more broadly, the morality of liberal democracy. However, he also believes that religious believers sometimes have good reasons to be wary about relying on religious beliefs in making political decisions.

Recenzje

'… Perry's book is a welcome contribution … Under God? is an excellent contribution to the current debate … The turn that Perry has taken in this most recent volume is significant and reveals the care and open-mindedness with which he has developed his position.' Conversations in Religion and Theology

Spis treści

Part I. Mainly for the Agnostics and the Exclusionists: 1. What does the Establishment Clause forbid? Reflections on the constitutionality of school vouchers; 2. Why political reliance on religiously grounded morality does not violate the establishment clause; 3. Why political reliance on religiously grounded morality is not illegitimate in a liberal democracy; Part II. Mainly for the Agnostics and the Inclusionists, Especially Inclusionists Who are Religious Believers: 4. Christians, the Bible, and same-sex unions: an argument for political self-restraint; 5. Catholics, the Magisterium, and same-sex unions: an argument for independent judgment. 6. Religion, politics, and abortion.