TY  - JOUR
TI  - Religion and Self-Governance: Catholicism, Islam, and the Issue of Censorship
AU  - Jelen, Ted G.
PY  - 2017
PB  - Cambridge University Press (CUP)
LA  - eng
AB  - AbstractTwo aspects of democratic self-governance are analyzed: Collective self-governance, or the authority of citizens over one another, and individual self-governance, referring to the ability of each citizen to govern her/his own beliefs and actions. Individual self-governance is thought to require some level of autonomy on the part of individual citizens, and authenticity of personal preferences and desires. Beliefs about autonomy and authenticity in Roman Catholic and Islamic theology are considered, and these perspectives are applied to the problem of restricting certain types of discourse, based on the content of that discourse. While censorship if usually considered to be incompatible with democratic governance, Catholic and Islamic perspectives on individual self-governance suggest the possibility that some forms of censorship may enhance, rather than detract from citizen autonomy and authenticity, and enhance the possibility of positive collective self-governance.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755048317000244
DO  - 10.1017/s1755048317000244
T2  - Politics and religion: official journal of the APSA Organized Section on Religion and Politics
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SN  - 1755-0491
SN  - 1755-0483
SP  - 567-596
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/cr-10.1017/s1755048317000244
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -