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Religion among we the people : conversations on democracy and the divine good / Franklin I. Gamwell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781438458090
  • 1438458096
Uniform titles:
  • Essays. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion among we the peopleDDC classification:
  • 322/.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .G364 2015eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.
Summary: 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 of the state, and the divine good is the true ground of justice. Notabley, Gamwell's view challenges virtually all current accounts of democracy with religious freedom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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 of the state, and the divine good is the true ground of justice. Notabley, Gamwell's view challenges virtually all current accounts of democracy with religious freedom.

Print version record.

English.