Religious Commitment Secular Reason

Religious Commitment Secular Reason

by RobertAudi (Author)

Synopsis

Many religious people are alarmed about features of the current age - violence in the media, a pervasive hedonism, a marginalization of religion, and widespread abortion. These concerns influence politics, but just as there should be a separation between church and state, so should there be a balance between religious commitments and secular arguments calling for social reforms. Robert Audi offers a principle of secular rationale, which does not exclude religious grounds for action but which rules out restricting freedom except on grounds that any rational citizen would accept. The book describes the essential commitments of free democracy, explains how religious and secular moral considerations can be integrated to facilitate co-operation in a world of religious pluralism, and proposes ideals of civic virtue that express the mutual respect on which democracy depends. Audi offers a balanced and sophisticated treatment of the relations between religion and politics in a modern, secular society.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 13 Mar 2000

ISBN 10: 0521775701
ISBN 13: 9780521775700
Book Overview: An examination of the relations between religion and politics in a modern, secular society.

Media Reviews
'The extended argument is a magnificent accomplishment, and its coverage of reasons and religion in politics makes it widely relevant. In addition, for current political climates where religion and politics are hotly contested, Audi's careful analysis supplies a refreshing breeze ... This book will rightly be of interest to philosophers of all stripes. But for political philosophers in particular, Religious Commitment and Secular Reason is a vital and welcome contribution indeed.' The Philosophical Quarterly
Helpful and thorough...provocative... Journal of International Migration and Integration
Audi's account of church-state separation, joined with an attempted integration of religious commitment and secular morality, is among the best of the current descriptions of the place of religious convictions within pluralistic democracies. Religious Studies Review
This is one of the best books on religion and politics in current literature. Philosophia Christi, Brendan Sweetman, Rockhurst University