Benjamin R Hertzberg

Chains of Persuasion

A Framework for Religion in Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Citizens worldwide appeal to religious ideals, institutions, and identities in their political activism. Yet most liberal democratic theory offers citizens little applicable guidance in evaluating such activism. Chains of Persuasion uses democratic theory to develop a new framework for assessing the proper place of religion in democratic political life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190883041
• ISBN-10: 0190883049
• Artikelnr.: 53210747

Autorenporträt

Benjamin R. Hertzberg researches and teaches in the fields of political theory and philosophy and religion and politics. Previously, Hertzberg was Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: The Role of Religion in Liberal Democratic Politics
* Chapter 1 - From Public Reason to the Democratic Decision-Making
Process
* Chapter 2 - Chains of Persuasion: A Theory of Religion in Democratic
Decision-Making
* Chapter 3 - Assessing the Consequences of Religious Inclusion
* Chapter 4 - Religious Practices and Democratic Virtues
* Conclusion - Mormons and Muslims in American Democracy
* Bibliography
* Index