Publications

In Press
Grant, Ruth W, and Benjamin R Hertzberg. In Press. Education. In The Blackwell Companion to Locke. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. locke_education_final_draft.pdf
Submitted
Hertzberg, Benjamin. Submitted. Prophetic Witness and Religious Integrity in Liberal Democracies.Abstract
This paper assesses religious integrity objections to public reasoning requirements by interpreting and analyzing the religious-political rhetorical practice of prophetic witnessing. Such objections claim that public reasoning requirements conflict with citizens’ religious obligations. I argue that prophetic witnessing is coherent in a pluralistic liberal democracy and compatible with citizens’ obligation to support only publicly justifiable laws. Prophetic witnessing is thus a religious practice by which democratic citizens may permissibly integrate their religious and political commitments. This permissibility shows that the religious integrity objections are overblown; by bearing prophetic witness, citizens may simultaneously respect their fellow citizens and honor their religious commitments. Public reasoning requirements do not violate religious integrity.
hertzberg_prophetic_witness.pdf
2013
Hertzberg, Benjamin R. 2013. Review of Luke Bretherton, Christianity and Contemporary Politics. Plurilogue: Politics and Philosophy Reviews. Website