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This article provides more accurate tools to engage the public nature of religious and other ideological claims by proposing a distinction between belief-policies, beliefs and practices that could enable more acute ways of locating the aspects of ideology that are considered problematic in a given s...

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Main Author: Vainio, Olli-Pekka 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2011
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2011, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 476-487
Further subjects:B Religion And Public Life tolerance Daniel Dennett dogmatism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This article provides more accurate tools to engage the public nature of religious and other ideological claims by proposing a distinction between belief-policies, beliefs and practices that could enable more acute ways of locating the aspects of ideology that are considered problematic in a given situation. In addition, the article proposes rules of engagement for how we might deal with these aspects in public discourse.
ISSN:1569-7320
Contains:In: International journal of public theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/156973211X595952