Liberal Politics and Public Faith

Kevin Vallier is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Public Reason Liberalism; Chapter 2 The Religious Objections; Chapter 3 Reconciliation in Theory; Chapter 4 Convergence; Chapter 5 Moderate Idealization; Chapter 6 Reconciliation in Law; Chapter 7 Reconciliation in Policy;

"This is a worthwhile addition to recent scholarship. The author has brought together an impressive array of resources and voices on this topic, raising basic questions that haven’t been addressed directly in recent years concerning the connection to deliberation, the defense of integrity as a core liberal value, and the role of restraint."Melissa Yates, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University"Theoretically sophisticated but also engaged with practical political issues…clearly and engagingly written."Andrew Lister, Associate Professor, Queen’s University"Vallier is one of the leading philosophers currently working on public reason, and it’s a great pleasure to engage with his work, from which I’ve learned a lot. Kevin has written a terrific book: it’s an ambitious, original, and very thoughtful effort to reconcile the demands of public reason or public justification with the aspiration of many religious citizens to rely on their religious views in the political domain."Professor Jonathan Quong, University of Southern California"Vallier’s Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation stakes out a distinctive and significant version of political liberalism and offers important proposals for structuring democratic societies. The book is wide-ranging and scholarly, engagingly written, and a valuable source for understanding much of the major literature on the topic." Professor Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame