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Francis J. Beckwith - Taking Rites Seriously, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Taking Rites Seriously

Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith

Av Francis J. Beckwith

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Beskrivning
Taking Rites Seriously is about how religious beliefs and religious believers are assessed by judges and legal scholars and are sometimes mischaracterized and misunderstood by those who are critical of the influence of religion in politics or in the formation of law. Covering three general topics - reason and motive, dignity and personhood, nature and sex - philosopher and legal theorist Francis J. Beckwith carefully addresses several contentious legal and cultural questions over which religious and non-religious citizens often disagree: the rationality of religious belief, religiously motivated legislation, human dignity in bioethics, abortion and embryonic stem cell research, reproductive rights and religious liberty, evolutionary theory, and the nature of marriage. In the process, he responds to some well-known critics of public faith - including Brian Leiter, Steven Pinker, Suzanna Sherry, Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, and Richard Dawkins - as well as to some religiously conservative critics of secularism, such as the advocates for intelligent design.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2015-11-18
  • Mått: 154 x 238 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 450 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 240
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107112728
  • Utmärkelser: Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies, American Academy of Religion 2016
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Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy and Co-Director (with Trent Dougherty) of the Program in Philosophical Studies of Religion. He has held visiting faculty appointments at Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame and has published extensively on social ethics, applied ethics, legal philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. Named the 2007 Person of the Year by Inside the Vatican magazine, his most recent books include Politics for Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (2010) and Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice (2007).

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'Beckwith's legal perspective and clarity make this short survey of the role of religious reasoning in American jurisprudence a valuable contribution to the defense of religion's place in public life.' Elliot Milco, First Things

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