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Christianity and American democracy /
Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. With this bold thesis, Heclo offers a panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other over the years, and how their relationship is changing in the present day. Responding to his challenging arg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2007]
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| Colección: | Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. With this bold thesis, Heclo offers a panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other over the years, and how their relationship is changing in the present day. Responding to his challenging argument, Mary Jo Bane, Michael Kazin, and Alan Wolfe criticize, qualify, and amend it. The result is a lively debate about a momentous tension in American public life. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 299 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674027053 0674027051 0674032306 9780674032309 |