عنوان

Challenging Christian Liberalism: Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere

Number

TL48876

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Challenging Christian Liberalism: Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Hannah Dick

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

McMurria, John

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California, San Diego

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

234

Text of Note

Committee members: Evans, John; Hartouni, Valerie; Henaff, Marcel; Horwitz, Robert

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-86406-8

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Communication

Body granting the degree

University of California, San Diego

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

The liberal democratic state does not have an adequate way of talking about, or engaging with, religion today. In this dissertation I argue that religious minorities are expanding the scope of the liberal democratic public sphere through a series of contestations. I draw on three case studies in Canada and the United States to argue that the framework of the liberal public sphere is decidedly Christian in orientation, and that religious minorities are making this evident through their interventions in public arenas. I develop a critical analytic based on Habermas's concept of the public sphere, drawing on Habermas's critics as well as the work of Foucault. I retain the notion of the public sphere but emphasize the role of dissensus, rather than consensus, in achieving the liberal goal of equality. I argue that the public sphere is not a neutral arena for public deliberation, because it has historically privileged Christian forms of expression.

Religion; Communication

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Communication and the arts;Democratic iteration;Liberalism;Media;Public sphere;Religion;Religious minority

Asiri, Abdullah Ali

McMurria, John

Subdivision

Communication

University of California, San Diego

Call Number

1812336606; 10128394

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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