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Audi, Robert, 1941-

Religious commitment and secular reason / Robert Audi. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-251) and index.

Contents
Part I. The Foundations of Democracy and the Separation of Church and State: 1. The plurality of paths to Liberal democracy
2. The separation of church and State
3. Church-State separation and the justification of Governmental power
Part II. The Ethics of Citizenship and the Balance of Religious and Political Arguments:
4. Religious convictions and secular reasons
5. Religion and ethics: toward integration
Part III. Civic Virtue and Political Activism in a Religiously Pluralistic Democracy:
6. Civic virtue
7. Religious conviction and political activism
8. Conclusion: ethics, reason, and democracy
Index



ISBN: 0521772605 (hb) 0521775701 (pbk.)

LCCN: 99044606

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion and politics.
Citizenship--Moral and ethical aspects.

LC Class. No.: BL65.P7 / A84 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 291.1 AUD