Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 10-2014
Publication Title
Politics, Religion, and Ideology
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
1-21
Abstract
I argue that the same factors (strategic and principled) that motivated Catholicism to champion liberal democracy are the same that motivate 21st Century Islam to do the same. I defend this claim by linking political liberalism to democratic secularism. Distinguishing institutional, political, and epistemic dimensions of democratic secularism, I show that moderate forms of political and epistemic secularism are most conducive to fostering the kind of public reasoning essential to democratic legitimacy. This demonstration draws upon the ambivalent impact of Indonesia’s Islamic parties in advancing universal social justice aims as against more sectarian policies.
Recommended Citation
“How Secular Should Democracy Be? A Cross-Disciplinary Study of Catholicism and Islam in Promoting Public Reason,” Politics, Religion, and Ideology: Special Edition on Secularism, ed. Claudia Baumgart-Ochse, Faiz Sheikh, et. Al; 15/3 (2014): 1-21.
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Politics, Religion & Ideology on October 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21567689.2014.948594.