Rawls and Religion - The Case for Political Liberalism

Employs the political philosophy of John Rawls to address controversies involving politics and religion.
2001 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
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.

About the author

Daniel A. Dombrowski is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. His previous books include A History of the Concept of God: A Process Approach and Whitehead's Religious Thought: From Mechanism to Organism, From Force to Persuasion, both published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel A Dombrowski, Daniel A. Dombrowski
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2001
• EAN: 9780791450116
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5011-6
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 236 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education