From political theory to political theology : religious challenges and the prospects of democracy / edited by Péter Losonczi and Aakash Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Losonczi, Péter, editor.

Singh, Aakash, editor.

Series:

Continuum resources in religion and political culture.

Continuum resources in religion and political culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Religious aspects.

Democracy.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Continuum International Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"During the last two decades we have witnessed what Jos Casanova has characterised as "religion going public". This has not been a trend exclusive to traditionally religious nations. Rather, it has been visible in as diverse environments as that of the construction of the new Russian political identity or in the "post-9/11" political discourses of the USA. Surprisingly, important religious manifestations also influenced the political discourses in Britain and, more recently, in France. Partly as a consequence of these phenomena an intensive debate is now evolving about the compatibility of the neutrality of liberal democracy in relation to religiously motivated opinions in public discourses, and the conditions under which such religiously driven contributions could viably "go public". This book offers a collection of essays on Religion and Democracy which critically discusses the most important questions that characterize these debates at the points of their intersection within political theory, political theology and the philosophy of religion, and considers both the challenges and the prospects of this new era which, following Habermas, one may call post-secular."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Foreword / by Graham Ward and Michael Hoelzl

Editor's introduction

Political theory

Part I: Liberal accommodations to the religious challenge

Religion and liberalism : public reason, public sphere and cultural pluralism / Sebastiano Maffettone

Accommodating pluralism through public justification : moral vs. practical considerations / Eszter Kollár

Public reason and models of judgement / Daniele Santoro

Hannah Arendt and the problem of public religion / Gábor Gángó

Part II: Challenging the liberal secular paradigm from within

Cultural identity, religion, moral pluralism and the law / Herman De Dijn

Can freedom of religion replace the virtue of tolerance? / Peter Jonkers

Democracy and moral relativism in a post-secular world : reclaiming obligation / András Lánczi

From political theory to political theology

Part III: Radicalizing the challenges : recuperating religion

Religion, democracy and the empty shrine of pluralism : some reminders / Walter Van Herck

Religion after Auschwitz : Jonas, Metz, and the place of religion in our world today / Balázs M. Mezei

Politics without d'nouement, faith without guarantee : a critical appraisal of the politics of religion of the left and the right / Theo de Wit

Part IV: Political theology as political theory : prospects

Reinhold Niebuhr and the crisis of liberalism : Augustinian realism and democratic politics in the age of post-Enlightenment / Alexander Rosenthal

Genuine or elitist democracy? : Christianity and democracy in the thought of István Bibó and Dietrich Bonhoeffer / András Csepregi

The new political theology as political theory : Johann Baptist Metz on public suffering / Peter Losonczi.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613206992

9781472549037

1472549031

9781441171511

1441171517

9781283206990

1283206994

OCLC:

745866042