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Under God?: Religious Faith and Liberal Democracy / Edition 1

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Overview

The proper role of religious faith in the public life of a liberal democracy is one of the most important and controversial issues in the United States today. In this new book, Michael J. Perry argues that political reliance on religious faith violate neither the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution nor, more broadly, the morality of liberal democracy. Nonetheless, Perry argues, religious believers sometimes have good reasons to be wary about relying on religious beliefs in making political decisions. Along the way, Perry thoughtfully addresses three subjects at the center of fierce contemporary political debate: school vouchers, same-sex marriage, and abortion.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780521532174
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date: 6/1/2003
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 220
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 8.98 (h) x 0.51 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Controversy over Religion in Politics
1 What Does the Establishment Clause Forbid? Reflections on the Constitutionality of School Vouchers 3
2 Why Political Reliance on Religiously Grounded Morality Does Not Violate the Establishment Clause 20
3 Why Political Reliance on Religiously Grounded Morality Is Not Illegitimate in a Liberal Democracy 35
4 Christians, the Bible, and Same-Sex Unions: An Argument for Political Self-Restraint 55
5 Catholics, the Magisterium, and Same-Sex Unions: An Argument for Independent Judgment 86
6 Religion, Politics, and Abortion 98
Conclusion: "This Nation, Under God" 124
Notes 131
Index 193
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