{"product_id":"9780813235929-catholicism-and-liberal-democracy","title":"Catholicism and Liberal Democracy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForgotten Roots and Future Prospects\u003cbr\u003eExplores three aspects of the Catholic tradition: the Church's response to democracy from the nineteenth century up until the eve of the Second Vatican Council; the Council's engagement with modernity; and Joseph Ratzinger's theology of politics as a particularly incisive (and influential) articulation of the Catholic tradition in this area.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatholicism and Liberal Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to clarify if there is a place for Catholicism in the public discourse of modern liberal democracy, bringing secular liberalism, as articulated by Jürgen Habermas, into conversation with the Catholic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Martin Carr explores three aspects of the Catholic tradition relevant to this debate: the Church's response to democracy from the nineteenth century up until the eve of the Second Vatican Council; the Council's engagement with modernity, in particular through \u003ci\u003eGaudium et spes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDignitatis humanae\u003c\/i\u003e; and Joseph Ratzinger's theology of politics as a particularly incisive (and influential) articulation of the Catholic tradition in this area.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJürgen Habermas's theorization of the place of religion in modern democracy, both in his earlier secularist phase and after his 'post-secular' turn, is evaluated. The adequacy of Habermas's recent attempts to accommodate religious citizens are critically examined and it is argued that developments in his later thought logically require a more thoroughgoing revision of his earlier theory. These developments, it is argued, create tantalizing openings for fruitful dialogue between Habermas and theCatholic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing analytical tools drawn from communications theory, the debates on same-sex marriage at Westminster and in the Irish referendum campaign are analyzed, assessing whether Catholic contributions to these debates comply with Habermasian rules of civic discourse. In light of this analysis, the prospects of, and impediments to, Catholic participation in public discourse are appraised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarr concludes by proposing a Ratzingerian critique of contemporary attempts to redefine marriage within a broader, more fundamental critique of the modern democratic state as currently configured. A political system founded upon secularist monism cannot but regard Christian Gelasianism, and its Catholic variant in particular, as an existential threat. Thus, Catholics, however Habermasian their political behavior, can never be more than uneasy bedfellows with modern liberal democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54855219216758,"sku":"9780813235929","price":57.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36044055_7bb94fe3-4a8d-40aa-b24f-c63d5eb2155a.jpg?v=1757580474","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780813235929-catholicism-and-liberal-democracy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}