Studies the validity of religious reasons as a basis for citizens' votes and political positions.

PAUL J. WEITHMAN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is editor of Religion and Contemporary Liberalism (1997) and co-editor of the five-volume Philosophy of Rawls (with Henry Richardson, 1999).

Preface and acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Participation, full participation and realized citizenship; 3. Religion's role in promoting democracy; 4. Public argument; 5. The principles; 6. Robert Audi on secular reasons; 7. John Rawls on public reasons; Conclusion; Select bibliography.