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  Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship (Hardback) By (author) Paul J. Weithman

  

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  Short Description for Religion and the Obligations of CitizenshipStudies the validity of religious reasons as a basis for citizens' votes and political positions.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 15 August 2002
  • Format: Hardback 240 pages
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  • Categories: Politics & Government | Civil Rights & Citizenship | Philosophy | Social & Political Philosophy | Religion: General | Comparative Religion
  • ISBN 13: 9780521808576 ISBN 10: 052180857X

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• In Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship Paul J. Weithman asks whether citizens in a liberal democracy may base their votes and their public political arguments on their religious beliefs. Drawing on empirical studies of how religion actually functions in politics, he challenges the standard view that citizens who rely on religious reasons must be prepared to make good their arguments by appealing to reasons that are 'accessible' to others. He contends that churches contribute to democracy by enriching political debate and by facilitating political participation, especially among the poor and minorities, and as a consequence, citizens acquire religiously based political views and diverse views of their own citizenship. He concludes that the philosophical view which most defensibly accommodates this diversity is one that allows ordinary citizens to draw on the views their churches have formed when voting and offering public arguments for their political positions.