Religious goodness and political rightness : beyond the liberal-communitarian debate / Yong Huang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huang, Yong.

Series:

Harvard theological studies ; no. 49.

Harvard theological studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state.

Liberalism.

Communitarianism.

Taylor, Charles, 1931-.

Taylor, Charles.

Rorty, Richard.

Physical Description:

viii, 279 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Religious goodness & political rightness

Place of Publication:

Harrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, [2001]

Summary:

"Religious Goodness and Political Rightness" offers a stimulating, timely examination of the liberal and communitarian approaches to the conflicts between people's religious ideas of the Good and their political ideas of the Right. Coming from a non-partisan perspective, Huang argues that liberalism fails to see that politics cannot be neutral to all religions by equally ignoring them all, while communitarianism fails to understand that politics based on one single religion may lead either to political sectarianism or totalitarianism in a religiously plural society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-279).

ISBN:

1563383438

OCLC:

45024569