1st Edition
Does Faith Belong in Politics? A Debate
Opening Statements
1. Defending the Place of Religion in Democratic Discourse
Paul Billingham
2. Religious, Polarization, and Democratic Politics: Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, but Be Prepared to Prune
Marilie Coetsee
First Replies
3. On Polarization, Convergence, and Religious Politics: Against Coetsee’s Strong Deliberative Stance
Paul Billingham
4. Let’s Get Real: Religious Advocacy in Theory and Practice
Marilie Coetsee
Second Replies
5. Reaffirming Religion’s Place in Democratic Discourse
Paul Billingham
6. Defending Strong Deliberation: Public Goods Require Personal Virtue
Marilie Coetsee
Biography
Paul Billingham is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Magdalen College. His research interests include public reason liberalism, the place of religion in politics, religious freedom, and the ethics of public shaming. He has published numerous articles on these topics in a wide range of journals of moral, legal, and political philosophy.
Marilie Coetsee is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hope College. Her research focuses on religion and democratic citizenship, the epistemology of disagreement, and liberal governments’ obligations to illiberal citizens. She has published in a range of journals on philosophy of religion and political philosophy.
