Reaping the whirlwind : liberal democracy and the religious axis /

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As early as the sixteenth century the liberal democratic state has been forced to confront the question of religion in politics. The result has been a tense and uncomfortable balancing act. Today, in the public square of liberal democracy, a number of religious confessions and beliefs compete for at...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pottenger, John R., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007.
Series:Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)
Subjects:
Religion and politics.
Democracy > Religious aspects.
Religious pluralism > Political aspects.
Religion et politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Democracy > Religious aspects
Religion and politics
Religion
Politik
Demokratie
Religiöser Pluralismus
Christentum
Democratie.
Fundamentalisme.
Godsdienstige verdraagzaamheid.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mixing religion and politics : the case of the Ten commandments
  • Religion, history, and logic: the genetic fallacy
  • Axes of history : abandoning the universal Christian commonwealth
  • The religious axis : rationality, conscience, and liberty
  • Constitutional protection : America, religious liberty, and the factional imperative
  • Mormons and evangelicals : uneasy coalitions in the public square
  • Liberation theology's methodological insurgency : confronting liberal democracy
  • Islam and the state : modifying liberal democracy
  • Christian reconstructionism : defying the religious axis
  • The end of civil society.

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