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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Political Philosophy and Religion Between Public Reason and Pluralism by Camil Ungureanu and Paolo Monti
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:_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_Analyses of different political traditions: liberalism, republicanism, deliberative democracy, feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism, and interculturalism;_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_Critical discussions of key contemporary philosophers, such as John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Susan Moller Okin, Martha Nussbaum, Will Kymlicka, Chandran Kukathas, and Bhiku Parekh;_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_A pluralist approach that questions the strict divide between analytical and continental political philosophy;_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_Discussion on the place of religion in politics from multiple perspectives by drawing on a plurality of political contexts, both Western and non-Western;_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_Analyses of legal and political cases related to different religious traditions, for example, Islam, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism._x000D__x000D_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._x000D_show more