| #1555189 in Books | 2006-08-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.58 x5.98l,.85 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Informed faith in the public square|By Bill Muehlenberg|We are told that religion and politics don't mix. But it is often the irreligious who make such claims. Secularists do not want people of faith to have any input into the political process. But given that the majority of the world's population is religious, it is reasonable to expect religion to inform and flavour the po||"Brendan Sweetman has done us a service for continuing the rich conversation about the relationship between religion and politics." (Herbert Miller, SCJ,, Spring 2010)
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Can religion and politics mix? Many voices reply, "No way!" Yet in this provocative and timely book, Brendan Sweetman argues against this charge and the various sophisticated arguments that support it. As we witness the clash of religious and secular worldviews he claims that our pluralistic democratic society will be best served when the faith elements of secularism are acknowledged and the rational elements of religious arguments are allowed to inform the momentous deb...
You easily download any file type for your device.Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious Arguments in the Public Square | Brendan Sweetman. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.