Terror, religion, and liberal thought
Miller, Richard Brian, 1953-
Terror, religion, and liberal thought [electronic resource] / Richard B. Miller. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (x, 227 p.) - The Columbia series on religion and politics . - Columbia series on religion and politics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The problem of religious violence. -- From incomprehension to indignation -- Setting the stage -- Between apologetics and ethnocentrism -- 9/11 and varieties of social criticism. -- Historical arguments -- Economic arguments -- The relativist argument -- The internalist critique -- Rights to life and security. -- Transparent wrongfulness -- Respect for dignity and moral subjectivity -- Moral agency and the logical entailment of rights -- Toleration, equality, and the burdens of judgment. -- Reasons for toleration -- Submission and respect -- Implications of toleration for others -- Respect and recognition. -- Recognition respect and appraisal respect -- Hermeneutical criticism and the politics of difference -- On benefit-of-the-doubt respect -- Religion, dialogue, and human rights. -- Islamizing human rights -- Fitra as grounds for respect -- Special and general divine command morality -- Liberal social criticism and the ethics of belief. -- On the priority of religion to ethics -- On thick and thin morality -- On proximity and distance -- Appendix 1: The right to war and self-defense. -- Collective defense: reductive and analogical strategies -- The right of national security -- Appendix 2: Is attacking the Taliban and al Qaeda justified? -- Just-War Doctrine -- On attacking Afghanistan.
Richard B. Miller returns to the basic tenets of liberalism to divine an ethical response to religious extremism. He questions how we should think about the claims and aspirations of political religions, especially when they conflict so deeply with liberal norms and practices, and he suggests how liberal critics can speak confidently in ways that respect cultural and religious difference. --from publisher description
9780231521864 (electronic bk.) 0231521863 (electronic bk.)
Violence--Religious aspects.
Terrorism--Religious aspects.
Political violence.
Liberalism.
Human rights.
War--Religious aspects.
Toleration--Religious aspects.
RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies
Electronic books.
BL65.V55 / M56 2010eb
201/.763325
Terror, religion, and liberal thought [electronic resource] / Richard B. Miller. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (x, 227 p.) - The Columbia series on religion and politics . - Columbia series on religion and politics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The problem of religious violence. -- From incomprehension to indignation -- Setting the stage -- Between apologetics and ethnocentrism -- 9/11 and varieties of social criticism. -- Historical arguments -- Economic arguments -- The relativist argument -- The internalist critique -- Rights to life and security. -- Transparent wrongfulness -- Respect for dignity and moral subjectivity -- Moral agency and the logical entailment of rights -- Toleration, equality, and the burdens of judgment. -- Reasons for toleration -- Submission and respect -- Implications of toleration for others -- Respect and recognition. -- Recognition respect and appraisal respect -- Hermeneutical criticism and the politics of difference -- On benefit-of-the-doubt respect -- Religion, dialogue, and human rights. -- Islamizing human rights -- Fitra as grounds for respect -- Special and general divine command morality -- Liberal social criticism and the ethics of belief. -- On the priority of religion to ethics -- On thick and thin morality -- On proximity and distance -- Appendix 1: The right to war and self-defense. -- Collective defense: reductive and analogical strategies -- The right of national security -- Appendix 2: Is attacking the Taliban and al Qaeda justified? -- Just-War Doctrine -- On attacking Afghanistan.
Richard B. Miller returns to the basic tenets of liberalism to divine an ethical response to religious extremism. He questions how we should think about the claims and aspirations of political religions, especially when they conflict so deeply with liberal norms and practices, and he suggests how liberal critics can speak confidently in ways that respect cultural and religious difference. --from publisher description
9780231521864 (electronic bk.) 0231521863 (electronic bk.)
Violence--Religious aspects.
Terrorism--Religious aspects.
Political violence.
Liberalism.
Human rights.
War--Religious aspects.
Toleration--Religious aspects.
RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies
Electronic books.
BL65.V55 / M56 2010eb
201/.763325
