Indonesia's Islamic organizations sustain the country's thriving civil society, democracy, and
reputation for tolerance amid diversity. Yet scholars poorly understand how these …

In Western countries conscientious objection is usually accommodated in various ways, at
least in certain areas (military conscription, medicine) and to some extent. It appears to be …

Over the past several decades, a general consensus has taken shape among a diverse
group of scholars concerning the moral and political significance of public reason as a …

This book offers comparative ontologies of both Islam and liberalism as discourses more
broadly construed. The author argues that, despite recent efforts to speak of overlapping …

Drawing on the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, described by Barack Obama as' one
of my favourite philosophers', this book assesses the challenges facing the President during …

In this article, I argue that a common view of Habermas's theory of public reason, which
takes it to be similar to Rawls's 'proviso', is mistaken. I explain why that mistake arises, and …

What can motivate citizens in divided societies to engage in free, open, and reasoned
dialogue? Attempts by philosophers to answer this question focus largely on elucidating …

Saul Smilanksy has written that John Rawls' theory of justice is 'infused with the assumption
of free will and moral responsibility'. 1 If this remains true of the conception of justice political …

The Secular Contract seeks to defend the European Enlightenment's secularization of
political philosophy by promoting an understanding of Enlightenment secular liberalism and …

According to public reason liberals, laws, policies, and political institutions need to be
justifiable to those who are subject to them. Convergence theorists argue that a law can be …