Reaping the Whirlwind: Liberal Democracy and the Religious AxisGeorgetown University Press, 5. jul. 2007 - 352 strani As early as the sixteenth century the liberal democratic state has been forced to confront the question of religion in politics. The result has been a tense and uncomfortable balancing act. Today, in the public square of liberal democracy, a number of religious confessions and beliefs compete for attention. In the American experience, some sense of religious pluralism and relative social harmony has been maintained. However, for this relationship to prevail, a tension must continue to exist—one that balances the political and social pursuits of self-interest with meeting the objectives of the common good. In Reaping the Whirlwind, John R. Pottenger shows how this process began in the modern world, and how societies attempt to manage this ongoing conflict. The first part of the book lays the groundwork of his analysis by using examples from history to demonstrate the genesis of political and religious "whirlwinds." It goes on to explore contemporary case studies, such as conflicts between Mormons and Evangelicals in the United States, liberation theology in Latin America, Islam and the state in Uzbekistan, and radical Christian reconstructionism. Pottenger believes that the formal institutions of liberal democracy should maintain this turbulence, even as religious activism threatens to upset the balance. He concludes by advocating religious liberty and recognizing the individual and social need for expression. At the same time, he maintains that the survival of liberal democracy requires that these religious traditions not dominate the public sphere. |
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... acknowledgment of God . One of the more prominent legal issues is that of public dis- play of the Ten Commandments . The nationally celebrated saga of Roy S. Moore, the “Ten Commandments Judge,” reveals the complex 7 Part I.
... Moore's case illustrates the competition of conflicting worldviews in the public square. As a result of political conflict and religious competition, flight from pluralism has become appealing to an increasing number of the faithful ...
... Moore, former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, assert that open display of the commandments of the Decalogue amounts to public acknowledgment of God, which is cru- cial to the maintenance of a moral culture and a good society ...
... Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, had placed in the rotunda of the building a two-and- a-half ton, granite monument of the Ten Commandments. Intended as a public acknowledgment of God and a symbolic representation of ...
... Moore by resisting the judgment of the federal court . Moore himself requested that the governor issue an executive order enforced with Alabama National Guard troops to defend the monument from removal , but the governor refused . 12 In ...
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Chapter 7 | 157 |
Chapter 8 | 184 |
Chapter 9 | 208 |
Part IV | 241 |
Chapter 10 | 243 |
Notes | 261 |
Bibliography | 301 |
Index | 325 |
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