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Title

Rawls and religion : the case for political liberalism / Daniel A. Dombrowski.

Author

Dombrowski, Daniel A.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.

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Description

xii, 192 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Despite John Rawls's stature as the most influential political philosopher of the twentieth century, his thoughts on religion have not been sufficiently studied. While it is generally assumed that Rawls is more interested in topics other than the relationship between politics and religion, author Daniel A. Dombrowski argues in this book that this assumption is incorrect. He shows that Rawls is interested in the relationship between politics and religion and that the relationship between the two is at the core of the problem that liberalism has for centuries meant to solve. Rawls and Religion utilizes Rawls's thought to examine, among other controversial issues, abortion, the phenomenon of fundamentalism as a growth industry, and the perceived decline of secular culture."--Jacket.

Subject

• Liberalism
• Rawls, John, 1921-2002
• Rawls, John, 1921-2002 > Contributions in political science
• Religion and politics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-188) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Theory -- A brief history -- The original position -- The reasonable and the rational -- The ancients and the moderns -- The common good -- Methodological considerations -- pt. 2. Practice -- Theory to practice -- Partially inclusive public reason -- Race, sex, and abortion -- War, disobedience, and elections -- Animals and marginal cases.

ISBN

• 0791450112 (alk. paper)
• 0791450120 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00046420^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library