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Von Hügel Institute

for Critical Catholic Inquiry
 

READING GROUP: RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE

The theme of this session is

Religion and public life, a normative perspective: compatibility and intermingling of religion and democratic politics. Discussion of religion's role in the success or failure of democracy.

Core reading:

- Habermas, J., Religion in the public sphere, in European Journal of Philosophy, n. 14. 2006.

- Casanova, J., Public religions in the modern world. Chicago University Press. Chicago, 1994. Introduction.

Date: 
Thursday, 27 February, 2014 - 14:00 to 16:00
Event location: 
St Edmund's College, Okinaga Room

 

 

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