Can Interreligious Dialogue Provide a New Space for Deliberative Democracy in the Public Sphere?: Philosophical Perspectives from the Examples of the UK and Singapore

This paper uses Singapore and the UK as two case studies to explore the concept of deliberative democracy with specific reference to the way that interreligious dialogue is and may be used in the public sphere. The two countries are chosen as representing differently located but broadly secular nati...

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Main Author: Hedges, Paul 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publishing Ltd [2018]
In: Interreligious studies and intercultural theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-25
Further subjects:B Public Sphere
B Dialogue
B deliberation theory
B Jurgen Habermas
B Deliberative Democracy
B Interreligious Dialogue
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