Screen LibraryTerror, religion, and liberal thought
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Columbia series on religion and politics |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 227 p.: ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780231150989 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231150989 |
| Index Number: | B911 |
| CLC: | B911 |
| Call Number: | B911/M649 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The problem of religious violence. -- From incomprehension to indignation -- Setting the stage -- Between apologetics and ethnocentrism -- 9/11 and varieties of social criticism. -- Historical arguments -- Economic arguments -- The relativist argument -- The internalist critique -- Rights to life and security. -- Transparent wrongfulness -- Respect for dignity and moral subjectivity -- Moral agency and the logical entailment of rights -- Toleration, equality, and the burdens of judgment. -- Reasons for toleration -- Submission and respect ... 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. --from publisher description |