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Do religious arguments have a public role in the post-9/11 world? Can we hold democracy together despite fractures over moral issues? Are there moral limits on the struggle against terror? Asking how the citizens of modern democracy can reason with one another, this book carves out a controversial p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stout, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2004]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion and politics.
Religion.
Politics and government
Democracy > Religious aspects.
Democracy.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Religion et politique.
Religion et politique > États-Unis.
Democracy > United States.
Religion and politics > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
États-Unis > Religion.
United States > Politics and government.
United States > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Do religious arguments have a public role in the post-9/11 world? Can we hold democracy together despite fractures over moral issues? Are there moral limits on the struggle against terror? Asking how the citizens of modern democracy can reason with one another, this book carves out a controversial position between those who view religious voices as an anathema to democracy and those who believe democratic society is a moral wasteland because such voices are not heard. Drawing inspiration from Whitman, Dewey, and Ellison, Jeffrey Stout sketches the proper role of religious discourse in a democra.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9781400825868

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