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UNINA9910449666703321 |
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Autore |
Eberle Christopher J. |
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Titolo |
Religious conviction in liberal politics / / Christopher J. Eberle [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
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1-107-12546-4 |
1-280-43395-7 |
0-511-17667-8 |
0-511-04228-0 |
0-511-15756-8 |
0-511-30457-9 |
0-511-61356-3 |
0-511-04526-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion and politics |
Liberalism - Religious aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART ONE RELIGION AND RESTRAINT; PART TWO WHY RESTRAINT?; PART THREE WHAT IS PUBLIC JUSTIFICATION?; NOTES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What role should a citizen's religious convictions play in her political activities? Is she, for example, permitted to decide on the basis of her religious convictions to support laws that criminalize abortion or discourage homosexual relations? Christopher Eberle is deeply at odds with the dominant orthodoxy among political theorists about the relation of religion and politics. His argument is that a citizen may responsibly ground her political commitments on religious beliefs, even if her only reasons for her political commitments are religious in nature. His ideal of citizenship allows citizens to engage in politics without privatizing their religious commitments, and yet does not |
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