Faith in Politics

Religion and Liberal Democracy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: Bryan T. McGraw ISBN: 9780511848537
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: June 10, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Bryan T. McGraw
ISBN: 9780511848537
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: June 10, 2010
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

No account of contemporary politics can ignore religion. The liberal democratic tradition in political thought has long treated religion with some suspicion, regarding it as a source of division and instability. Faith in Politics shows how such arguments are unpersuasive and dependent on questionable empirical claims: rather than being a serious threat to democracies' legitimacy, stability and freedom, religion can be democratically constructive. Using historical cases of important religious political movements to add empirical weight, Bryan McGraw suggests that religion will remain a significant political force for the foreseeable future and that pluralist democracies would do well to welcome rather than marginalize it.

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No account of contemporary politics can ignore religion. The liberal democratic tradition in political thought has long treated religion with some suspicion, regarding it as a source of division and instability. Faith in Politics shows how such arguments are unpersuasive and dependent on questionable empirical claims: rather than being a serious threat to democracies' legitimacy, stability and freedom, religion can be democratically constructive. Using historical cases of important religious political movements to add empirical weight, Bryan McGraw suggests that religion will remain a significant political force for the foreseeable future and that pluralist democracies would do well to welcome rather than marginalize it.

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