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Kettell, Steven (2019) How, when and why do religious actors use public reason? The case of assisted dying in Britain. Politics and Religion, 12 (2). pp. 385-408. doi:10.1017/S175504831800086X
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S175504831800086X
Abstract
The public reason criterion is a prominent theme in contemporary political theory. Yet scholars have focused predominantly on conceptual and normative issues at the expense of empirical questions about the language used by actors engaged in political debate. This is a particular problem in the case of religious actors, whose underlying motives for taking part in such debates are frequently driven by theological concerns. This article explores these issues by analysing religious opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying in Britain. It shows that religious actors have tended towards the use of secular rather than theological modes of argumentation, and that this is consistent with the idea of a strategic shift in response to the increasingly secularised nature of British society.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Assisted suicide -- Religious aspects, Secularization, Politics, Practical -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Politics and Religion | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1755-0483 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 12 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 385-408 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S175504831800086X | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been published in a revised form in Politics and Religion https://doi.org/10.1017/S175504831800086X. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2019 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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