Publication: La religión en la vida y en la obra de John Rawls (1921-2002)
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Martínez Navarro, Emilio
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Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones
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https://doi.org/10.6018/sh.625671
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John Rawls (1921-2002) desarrolló una amplia producción filosófica relacionada con la política, la democracia y la búsqueda de una noción actualizada de la justicia social, a la que consideró como la más importante cuestión de la filosofía política. Su tratamiento del fenómeno de la religión es estudiado aquí con referencia a la obra de este autor y a los datos biográficos que pudieran ser relevantes para mostrar que no sólo tuvo un extenso conocimiento teórico de las religiones en general y del cristianismo en particular, sino que tuvo también una experienciapersonal bastante significativa. De ahí que el liberalismo rawlsiano se pueda considerar como especialmente alejado de otros liberalismos empeñados en silenciar a las religiones relegándolas al ámbito de lo estrictamente privado. Por el contrario, en la propuesta rawlsiana encontramos una argumentación robusta en torno a la necesidad de una convivencia plural enriquecida por la participación de grupos religiosos y seculares que entablan un debate público sin renunciar a su propia identidad, pero sin pretender imponerse hegemónicamente mediante el uso partidista del poder del Estado.
John Rawls (1921-2002) developed an extensive philosophical production related to politics, democracy and the search for an updated notion of social justice, which he considered to be the most important question of political philosophy. His treatment of the phenomenon of religion is studied here with reference to this author's work and to biographical data that might be relevant to show that he not only had an extensive theoretical knowledge of religions in general and Christianity in particular, but also had quite significant personal experience. Hence, Rawlsian liberalism can be considered as particularly distant from other liberalisms bent on silencing religions by relegating them to the strictly private sphere. On the contrary, in the Rawlsian proposal we find a robust argument for the need for plural coexistence enriched by the participation of religious and secular groups that engage in public debate without renouncing their own identity, but without seeking to impose themselves hegemonically through the partisan use of state power.
John Rawls (1921-2002) developed an extensive philosophical production related to politics, democracy and the search for an updated notion of social justice, which he considered to be the most important question of political philosophy. His treatment of the phenomenon of religion is studied here with reference to this author's work and to biographical data that might be relevant to show that he not only had an extensive theoretical knowledge of religions in general and Christianity in particular, but also had quite significant personal experience. Hence, Rawlsian liberalism can be considered as particularly distant from other liberalisms bent on silencing religions by relegating them to the strictly private sphere. On the contrary, in the Rawlsian proposal we find a robust argument for the need for plural coexistence enriched by the participation of religious and secular groups that engage in public debate without renouncing their own identity, but without seeking to impose themselves hegemonically through the partisan use of state power.
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Sociología histórica, Vol. 14, n.º 1 (2024)
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