Religion and Radical Pluralism

This book engages the perspective of public reason and the position of religious believers through a mutual confrontation of Rawlsian political liberalism and Gandhian ideas. By teasing out concords and discords between Rawls and Gandhi, Jeff Shawn Jose innovatively advances the debate about the role of religion in the public sphere.

Jeff Shawn Jose is assistant professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and director of the Centre for the Study of World Religions at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram.

Introduction Chapter 1: Western Secularisation and Religious Pluralism Chapter 2: Secularisation and Religious Diversity in India Chapter 3: Rawls and Religion in the Public Sphere Chapter 4: Gandhi and Religion in the Public Sphere Chapter 5: A Gandhian Critique of Rawls Chapter 6: A Rawlsian Critique of Gandhi Conclusion: Towards a Prospective Framework of the Political and the Religious