Date Thesis Awarded
6-2008
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Government
Advisor
Joel D. Schwartz
Committee Members
John Baltes
Alan Meese
Abstract
My thesis seeks to examine John Rawls' concept of public reason as it applies to religion. Whereas Rawls feared that the inclusion of religious premises into public debate would generate polarization and a failure to generate compromise, I argue that the participation of faith traditions (such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or the Methodist Church) in political discourse can be beneficial to a liberal democracy rather than destructive to it.
Recommended Citation
Turner, Joshua Allen, "Religion and the Political Sphere: The Limitations of Public Reason" (2008). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 845.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/845
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.