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Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State
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Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State Hardcover - 2010

by Leonard V. Kaplan (Editor); Charles L. Cohen (Editor); Contribution by Ann Althouse


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Rising calls in both the United States and abroad for theologizing national agendas have renewed examinations about whether liberal states can accommodate such programs without either endangering citizens' rights or trivializing religious concerns. Conventional wisdom suggests that theology is necessarily unfriendly to the liberal state, but neither philosophical analysis nor empirical argument has convincingly established that conclusion. Examining the problem from a variety of perspectives including law, philosophy, history, political theory, and religious studies, the essays in Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State suggest the possibilities for and limits on what theological reflection might contribute to liberal polities across the globe. Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State develops these issues under five headings. Part One explores "The Nature of Religious Argument" as it can inflect discussions of public policy, political theory, jurisprudence, and education. Part Two, "Theologies of the Marketplace," notes that theology can by turns be highly critical, neutral, or even inordinately supportive of market operations. Part Three, "European Perspectives," reviews and develops arguments from Abraham Kuyper, Karl Barth, and French post-modernists concerning how one might integrate theological discourse into the public sphere. Part Four offers Israel, Pakistan and Tibet as "Asian Perspectives" on how theology may comport with liberalism in recently created states (or, in the last case, a diasporic government-in-exile) where powerful religious constituencies make "secular" civil action extremely problematic. Finally, Part V, "Religion and Terror," probes the vexed relationship between conceptions of divine and human justice, where the imperatives of theology and state confront each other most nakedly. Collectively, Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State suggests that the liberal state cannot keep theology out of public discourse and may even benefit from its intervention,

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  • Title Theology and the Soul of the Liberal State
  • Author Leonard V. Kaplan (Editor); Charles L. Cohen (Editor); Contribution by Ann Althouse
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 438
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lexington Books, Lanham, MD
  • Date 2010-02-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780739126172 / 0739126172
  • Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.06 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.69 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Religious
  • Library of Congress subjects Religion and politics, Religion and state
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009038462
  • Dewey Decimal Code 201.72

About the author

Leonard V. Kaplan is Mortimer M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Charles L. Cohen is professor of history and religious studies and director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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