Rawls and Religion / Tom Bailey, Valentina Gentile.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, Tom, editor.

Gentile, Valentina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rawls, John, 1921-2002.

Religion.

Local Subjects:

Rawls, John, 1921-2002.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

John Rawls's influential theory of justice and public reason has often been thought to exclude religion from politics, out of fear of its illiberal and destabilizing potentials. It has therefore been criticized by defenders of religion for marginalizing and alienating the wealth of religious sensibilities, voices, and demands now present in contemporary liberal societies. In this anthology, established scholars of Rawls and the philosophy of religion reexamine and rearticulate the central tenets of Rawls's theory to show they in fact offer sophisticated resources for accommodating and responding to religions in liberal political life. The chapters reassert the subtlety, openness, and flexibility of his sense of liberal "respect" and "consensus," revealing their inclusive implications for religious citizens. They also explore the means he proposes for accommodating nonliberal religions in liberal politics, developing his conception of "public reason" into a novel account of the possibilities for rational engagement between liberal and religious ideas. And they reevaluate Rawls's liberalism from the "transcendent" perspectives of religions themselves, critically considering its normative and political value, as well as its own "religious" character. Rawls and Religion makes a unique and important contribution to contemporary debates over liberalism and its response to the proliferation of religions in contemporary political life.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Maffettone, Sebastiano

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction / Bailey, Tom / Gentile, Valentina

PART I. REINTERPRETING RAWLS ON RELIGION

1. Respect and War: Against the Standard View of Religion in Politics / Eberle, Christopher J.

2. Religion and Liberalism: Was Rawls Right After All? / Talisse, Robert B.

3. Inclusivism, Stability, and Assurance / Weithman, Paul

4. Rethinking the Public Use of Religious Reasons / March, Andrew F.

PART II. ACCOMMODATING RELIGIONS WITH RAWLS

5. The Liberal State and the Religious Citizen: Justificatory Perspectives in Political Liberalism / Neal, Patrick

6. Reasoning from Conjecture: A Reply to Three Objections / Schwartzman, Micah

7. The Religious Hermeneutics of Public Reasoning: From Paul to Rawls / Ven, Johannes A. van der

PART III. TRANSCENDING RAWLS

8. E Pluribus Unum: Justification and Redemption in Rawls, Cohen, and Habermas / Gledhill, James

9. A Reasonable Faith? Pope Benedict's Response to Rawls / Jonkers, Peter

10. Islamic Politics and the Neutral State: A Friendly Amendment to Rawls? / An-Na'im, Abdullahi A.

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780231538398

0231538391

OCLC:

1013945684