Authors
Zuidervaart, LambertAffiliation
Institute for Christian StudiesIssue Date
2010Keywords
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Philosophy of Right
Rorty, Richard
Religion and culture
Civil society
Habermas, Jürgen
Justice
Public sphere
Truth
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This article argues that religion is a public matter. The discussion proceeds in two stages. First I give a normative account of religion, the state, and their dialectical relationship. After proposing a new account of "religious truth," I suggest that religion has both critical and utopian roles toward the state. Then the essay examines the political and economic roles of religion in civil society, where religion both incubates civil-societal organizations and disturbs civil-societal patterns. I conclude that religious truth, properly understood, is not incompatible with democratic communication. Contra Richard Rorty, religion is not a "conversation-stopper."Citation
Zuidervaart, Lambert. "Religion in Public: Passages From Hegel's Philosophy of Right." University of Toronto Journal for Jewish Thought, 1 (2010): 1-16Publisher
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