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Religion and the obligations of citizenship / Paul J. Weithman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 227 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511041977
  • 9780511041976
  • 9780511487453
  • 0511487452
  • 9780511044700
  • 0511044704
  • 0511147996
  • 9780511147999
  • 0521027608
  • 9780521027601
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and the obligations of citizenship.DDC classification:
  • 201.72 22
LOC classification:
  • BL65.P7 W45 2002eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 89.06
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Contents:
Participation, full participation and realized citizenship -- Religion's role in promoting democracy -- Conceptions of the democratic citizen -- Public argument -- Principles -- Robert Audi on secular reasons -- John Rawls on public reason.
Review: "In Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship, Paul J. Weithman asks whether citizens in a liberal democracy may base their votes and their public political arguments on their religious beliefs. Drawing on empirical studies of how religion actually functions in politics, he challenges the standard view that citizens who rely on religious reasons must be prepared to make good their arguments by appealing to reasons that are "accessible" to others. He contends that churches contribute to democracy by enriching political debate and by facilitating political participation, especially among the poor and minorities, and as a consequence, citizens acquire religiously based political views and diverse views of their own citizenship.Summary: He concludes that the philosophical view which most defensibly accommodates this diversity is one that allows ordinary citizens to draw on the views their churches have formed when they vote, and when offering public arguments for their political positions."--Jacket
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)112616

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-223) and index.

Participation, full participation and realized citizenship -- Religion's role in promoting democracy -- Conceptions of the democratic citizen -- Public argument -- Principles -- Robert Audi on secular reasons -- John Rawls on public reason.

Print version record.

"In Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship, Paul J. Weithman asks whether citizens in a liberal democracy may base their votes and their public political arguments on their religious beliefs. Drawing on empirical studies of how religion actually functions in politics, he challenges the standard view that citizens who rely on religious reasons must be prepared to make good their arguments by appealing to reasons that are "accessible" to others. He contends that churches contribute to democracy by enriching political debate and by facilitating political participation, especially among the poor and minorities, and as a consequence, citizens acquire religiously based political views and diverse views of their own citizenship.

He concludes that the philosophical view which most defensibly accommodates this diversity is one that allows ordinary citizens to draw on the views their churches have formed when they vote, and when offering public arguments for their political positions."--Jacket