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Contemporary Political Philosophy and Religion
Between Public Reason and Pluralism
What is the place of religion in a pluralist democracy?
The continuous presence of religion in the public sphere has raised anew normative and practical issues related to the role of religion in a democratic polity, generating spirited political debates in Western and non-Western contexts. Contemporary Political Philosophy and Religion provides an advanced introduction to, and a critical appraisal of, the major schools of political thought with a focus on the relationship between democracy and religion. Key features of this book include:
Analyses of different political traditions
liberalism, republicanism, deliberative democracy, feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism, and interculturalism;
Critical discussions of key contemporary philosophers
John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Susan Moller Okin, Martha Nussbaum, Will Kymlicka, Chandran Kukathas, and Bhiku Parekh;
A pluralist approach
that questions the strict divide between analytical and continental political philosophy;
Discussion on the place of religion in politics
from multiple perspectives by drawing on a plurality of political contexts, both Western and non-Western;
Analyses of legal and political cases
related to different religious traditions, for example, Islam, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism.
Conclusion
This comprehensive text will be of great use to students of religion and politics in the fields of political and legal theory, and religious and theological studies, while also offering critical insights and arguments that will be of interest to the experts in the field.
