mercredi, novembre 07, 2012

Nicholas Wolterstorff: Faith and liberal democracy


     Miroslav Volf interviews Nicholas Wolterstorff of Yale University about the place of faith in liberal democracy. Wolterstorff discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various secular and faith-based conceptions of justice and the public sphere, making a case for the relevance of religiously shaped discourses in deliberative democracies. (Uploaded to YouTube 2009)
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The Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracies


     Nicholas Wolterstorff, Professor Emeritus of Yale Divinity School, discusses faith and liberal democracy, exploring the grounds of a common basis for political engagement in pluralistic, democratic contexts. (Uploaded to YouTube 2010)
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