The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

Author: Judith Butler

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2011-03-02

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 023152725X

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The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what role does or should religion play in our public lives? Reflecting on her recent work concerning state violence in Israel-Palestine, Judith Butler explores the potential of religious perspectives for renewing cultural and political criticism, while Jürgen Habermas, best known for his seminal conception of the public sphere, thinks through the ambiguous legacy of the concept of "the political" in contemporary theory. Charles Taylor argues for a radical redefinition of secularism, and Cornel West defends civil disobedience and emancipatory theology. Eduardo Mendieta and Jonathan VanAntwerpen detail the immense contribution of these philosophers to contemporary social and political theory, and an afterword by Craig Calhoun places these attempts to reconceive the significance of both religion and the secular in the context of contemporary national and international politics.

John Locke
John Locke

Author: John Locke

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780199243426

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Locke lived at a time of heightened religious sensibility, and religious motives and theological beliefs were fundamental to his philosophical outlook. Here, Victor Nuovo brings together the first comprehensive collection of Locke's writings on religion and theology. These writings illustrate the deep religious motivation in Locke's thought.

Writings on Religion
Writings on Religion

Author: David Hume

Publisher: Paul Carus Student Editions

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780812691122

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Penetrating, ironic, and witty, David Hume's writings on religion scandalized his contemporaries. Ever since Hume, traditional religious doctrines have been intellectually on the defensive. Yet these writings have also provided some materials for conducting the defense, and have raised conceptual problems still unresolved. This volume contains all of Hume's works specifically on religion.

Writing Religion
Writing Religion

Author: Markus Dressler

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0190234091

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Markus Dressler tells the story of how a number of marginalized socioreligious communities, traditionally and derogatorily referred to as Kizilbas (''Redhead''), captured the attention of the late Ottoman and early Republican Turkish nationalists and were gradually integrated into the newly formulated identity of secular Turkish nationalists.

Constitution Writing, Religion and Democracy
Constitution Writing, Religion and Democracy

Author: Asli Ümmühan Bali

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-02-02

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1107070511

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This book explores the challenge of crafting a democratic constitution under conditions of deep disagreement over a state's religious or secular identity.