Faith in Politics : Religion and Liberal Democracy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521130425
ISBN-13
9780521130424
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2010
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
540 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.40 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Religion & politicsPolitical science & theoryLiberalism & centre democratic ideologies
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Religion is often thought to be a serious threat to democracies' legitimacy, stability and freedom. Faith in Politics argues that religion can be democratically constructive and that arguments offered to the contrary are unpersuasive and dependent on questionable empirical claims.
No account of contemporary politics can ignore religion. The liberal democratic tradition in political thought has long treated religion with some suspicion, regarding it as a source of division and instability. Faith in Politics shows how such arguments are unpersuasive and dependent on questionable empirical claims: rather than being a serious threat to democracies'' legitimacy, stability and freedom, religion can be democratically constructive. Using historical cases of important religious political movements to add empirical weight, Bryan McGraw suggests that religion will remain a significant political force for the foreseeable future and that pluralist democracies would do well to welcome rather than marginalize it.
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