{"product_id":"does-faith-belong-in-politics","title":"Does Faith Belong in Politics?","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan religious citizens live cooperatively and justly with others in a pluralistic polity? Can religious arguments play a role within healthy democratic deliberation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Paul Billingham and Marilie Coetsee debate these timely issues, examining what responsible democratic citizenship requires of the religiously committed. Billingham argues that a religious citizen doesn’t need to check or undermine her deepest beliefs in order to engage in the political life of a pluralistic society, and rebuts familiar worries about religious political arguments being dogmatic, domineering, and incomprehensible and unpersuasive to non-believers. Furthermore, he draws on real-life examples to argue that religious contributions to democratic deliberation can be beneficial, ultimately strengthening discourse, pluralism, and democracy. Coetsee is much more skeptical. She argues that a pluralistic democracy requires a “strong integrationist” commitment from all citizens, a commitment that poses strong challenges to the religiously devout and to the cohesion of religious communities. Such integrationist commitments, according to Coetsee, include being active in non-religious civic associations and advancing non-religious reasons for laws that those outside their faith will accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two authors then take turns responding to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57260945310040,"sku":"9781032000862","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032000862_3a83c8f5-7ab7-470d-9d4b-63ac3e498fcd.jpg?v=1778827530","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/does-faith-belong-in-politics","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}