RECONCILING JOHN MILBANK AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: "LIBERALISM" THROUGH LOVE

John Milbank's critique of the secular as a violent distortion of Christian theology is well established. Less clear is how Milbank's framework might bear upon secular liberalism as it specifically relates to liberal ideas of religious freedom and public or secular reasons in political con...

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Autor principal: Deagon, Alex (Autor)
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Publicado: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
En: Journal of law and religion
Año: 2019, Volumen: 34, Número: 2, Páginas: 183-209
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Milbank, John 1952- / Libertad de religión / Liberalismo / Teología
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AB Filosofía de la religión
AD Sociología de la religión
AG Vida religiosa
FD Teología contextual
Otras palabras clave:B law of love
B John Milbank
B public reason
B Religious Freedom
B liberal secularism
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Sumario:John Milbank's critique of the secular as a violent distortion of Christian theology is well established. Less clear is how Milbank's framework might bear upon secular liberalism as it specifically relates to liberal ideas of religious freedom and public or secular reasons in political contexts. This is especially worthy of investigation since "religious freedom" is part of the liberal framework Milbank so stridently critiques. This article attempts to reconcile Milbank's theological critique of secular liberalism with the idea of religious freedom by applying Milbank's theology and the law of love to liberal notions of public discourse for the purpose of redeeming and transforming that discourse. This redeemed "liberalism" provides a framework for persuasion to the Good by recognizing that all public positions (including secularism) are ultimately faith positions, and advocates a discourse governed by the law of love to produce genuine religious freedom that paradoxically transcends and fulfils the liberal ideals that secular liberalism proclaims but can never attain.
ISSN:2163-3088
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2019.27