Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought

Informationen zum Autor Richard B. Miller is director for the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and professor of religious studies at Indiana University. He is the author of Interpretations of Conflict: Ethics! Pacifism! and the Just-War Tradition! Casuistry and Modern Ethics: A Poetics of Practical Reasoning! and /Children! Ethics! and Modern Medicine/. Klappentext Religious violence may trigger feelings of repulsion and indignation! especially in a society that encourages toleration and respect! but rejection contradicts the very principles of inclusion that define a democracy and its core moral values. How are we to think ethically about religious violence and terrorism! especially in the wake of an atrocity such as 9/11? Known for his skillful interrogation of ethical issues pertaining to religion! politics! and culture! Richard B. Miller returns to the basic tenets of liberalism to divine an ethical response to extremism. He questions how we are to think about the claims and aspirations of political religions that conflict so deeply with liberal norms and practices! and he suggests how liberal critics can speak in ways that respect cultural and religious difference Zusammenfassung Known for his skillful interrogation of ethical issues as they pertain to religion! politics! and culture! Richard B. Miller returns to the basic tenets of liberalism to divine an ethical response to religious extremism. He questions how we should think about the claims and aspirations of political religions! especially when they conflict so deeply with liberal norms and practices! and he suggests how liberal critics can speak confidently in ways that respect cultural and religious difference. Miller also explores the protection of human rights and a liberal democratic commitment to multicultural politics. In relating religion and ethics! he develops a new lens for viewing political religions and their moral responsibilities. ...

Product details

• Authors: Richard Miller, Richard B. Miller, Richard Brian Miller
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9780231150989
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15098-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Columbia University Press; Columbia Series on Religion and Politics; Columbia Series on Religion an; Columbia Series on Religion and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Religion: general, Religion & beliefs, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict