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" Challenging Christian Liberalism: Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere "
Hannah Dick
McMurria, John
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804063
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TL48876
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1812336606; 10128394
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Asiri, Abdullah Ali
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Challenging Christian Liberalism: Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere\ Hannah DickMcMurria, John
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University of California, San Diego
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2016
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Ph.D.
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Communication
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2016
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234
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Committee members: Evans, John; Hartouni, Valerie; Henaff, Marcel; Horwitz, Robert
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-86406-8
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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.
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Religion; Communication
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Philosophy, religion and theology;Communication and the arts;Democratic iteration;Liberalism;Media;Public sphere;Religion;Religious minority
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McMurria, John
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CommunicationUniversity of California, San Diego
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