Religion among we the people : conversations on democracy and the divine good /

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Franklin I. Gamwell holds that democracy with religious freedom is dependent on metaphysical theism. Democratic politics can be neutral to all religious convictions only if its constitution establishes a full and free discourse about the ultimate terms of justice and their application to decisions o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gamwell, Franklin I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Democracy > Moral and ethical aspects.
Religion and politics > United States.
Religion et politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Democracy > Moral and ethical aspects
Religion
Religion and politics
United States > Religion.
États-Unis > Religion.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Consent to religious freedom: the legacy of Thomas Jefferson
  • On constitutional authority: a conversation with David Strauss
  • Democracy and nature's god: the legacy of Abraham Lincoln
  • On religion in the public sphere: a conversation with Jurgen Habermas
  • On the humanitarian ideal: the promise of neoclassical metaphysics
  • Reinhold Niebuhr's theistic ethic: the law of love
  • On the loss of theism: a conversation with Iris Murdoch.

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