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Rawls and Religion [electronic resource].

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (329 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780231538398
  • 0231538391
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rawls and ReligionDDC classification:
  • 200.92
LOC classification:
  • B945.R284 R39 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Table of Contents; Foreword, by Sebastiano Maffettone; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction, by Tom Bailey and Valentina Gentile; Part I. Reinterpreting Rawls on Religion; 1. Respect and War: Against the Standard View of Religion in Politics, by Christopher J. Eberle; 2. Religion and Liberalism: Was Rawls Right After All?, by Robert B. Talisse; 3. Inclusivism, Stability, and Assurance, by Paul Weithman; 4. Rethinking the Public Use of Religious Reasons, by Andrew F. March; Part II. Accommodating Religions with Rawls
5. The Liberal State and the Religious Citizen: Justificatory Perspectives in Political Liberalism, by Patrick Neal6. Reasoning from Conjecture: A Reply to Three Objections, by Micah Schwartzman; 7. The Religious Hermeneutics of Public Reasoning: From Paul to Rawls, by Johannes A. van der Ven; Part III. Transcending Rawls; 8. E Pluribus Unum: Justification and Redemption in Rawls, Cohen, and Habermas, by James Gledhill; 9. A Reasonable Faith? Pope Benedict's Response to Rawls, by Peter Jonkers
10. Islamic Politics and the Neutral State: A Friendly Amendment to Rawls?, by Abdullahi A. An-Na'imBibliography; List of Contributors; Index
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 respond.
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Table of Contents; Foreword, by Sebastiano Maffettone; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction, by Tom Bailey and Valentina Gentile; Part I. Reinterpreting Rawls on Religion; 1. Respect and War: Against the Standard View of Religion in Politics, by Christopher J. Eberle; 2. Religion and Liberalism: Was Rawls Right After All?, by Robert B. Talisse; 3. Inclusivism, Stability, and Assurance, by Paul Weithman; 4. Rethinking the Public Use of Religious Reasons, by Andrew F. March; Part II. Accommodating Religions with Rawls

5. The Liberal State and the Religious Citizen: Justificatory Perspectives in Political Liberalism, by Patrick Neal6. Reasoning from Conjecture: A Reply to Three Objections, by Micah Schwartzman; 7. The Religious Hermeneutics of Public Reasoning: From Paul to Rawls, by Johannes A. van der Ven; Part III. Transcending Rawls; 8. E Pluribus Unum: Justification and Redemption in Rawls, Cohen, and Habermas, by James Gledhill; 9. A Reasonable Faith? Pope Benedict's Response to Rawls, by Peter Jonkers

10. Islamic Politics and the Neutral State: A Friendly Amendment to Rawls?, by Abdullahi A. An-Na'imBibliography; List of Contributors; Index

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 respond.

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