Caleb J. Clanton

Religion and Democratic Citizenship

Inquiry and Conviction in the American Public Square

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses heated debate among political thinkers concerned with the role of religious reasoning in the deliberation and justification of public policy and voting. The author critically examines various arguments drawn from mainstream liberal political theory, political theology, and American pragmatism, and offers a unique proposal for thinking through this issue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 411g
• ISBN-13: 9780739120804
• ISBN-10: 0739120808
• Artikelnr.: 23369886

Autorenporträt

J. Caleb Clanton is University Research Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Lipscomb University. He is author or editor of several books, including Religion and Democratic Citizenship: Inquiry and Conviction in the American Public Square.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 0 Tension in Our American Public Philosophy Chapter 2 William James
and That Old-Time Religion: The Jamesian Roots of the Reconstructivist
Strategy Chapter 3 Questionable Neo-Pragmatic Proposals Concerning
Religion's Role in the Public Square Chapter 4 Silence and Neutrality:
Liberalism's Public Reason Chapter 5 Liberalism's Hidden Garments: A
Multidimensional Response to the Naked Public Square Chapter 6 Public
Deliberation After Rawls: Stout's Contribution and Instructive Shortcoming
Chapter 7 Speculation on an Open Socratic-Peircean Public Square Chapter 8
Conclusion