Under God?: Religious Faith and Liberal Democracy

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Cambridge University Press, 2003 M06 2 - 200 páginas
The proper role of religious faith in the public life of a liberal democracy is one of the most important and controversial issues in the United States today. Since the publication in 1991 of his book Love and Power, Michael J. Perry's important writings on this issue have been among the most insightful. In this new book, Perry argues that political reliance on religious faith violates neither the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution nor, more broadly, the morality of liberal democracy. Nonetheless, Perry argues, religious believers sometimes have good reasons to be wary about relying on religious beliefs in making political decisions. Along the way, Perry thoughtfully addresses three subjects at the center of fierce contemporary political debate: school vouchers, same-sex marriage, and abortion.

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What Does the Establishment Clause Forbid? Reflections on the Constitutionality of School Vouchers
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Why Political Reliance on Religiously Grounded Morality Does Not Violate the Establishment Clause
20
Why Political Reliance on Religiously Grounded Morality Is Not Illegitimate in a Liberal Democracy
35
Mainly for the Agnostics and the Inclusionists Especially Inclusionists Who Are Religious Believers
53
Christians the Bible and SameSex Unions An Argument for Political SelfRestraint
55
Catholics the Magisterium and SameSex Unions An Argument for Independent Judgment
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Religion Politics and Abortion
98
This Nation Under God
124
Notes
131
Index
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