TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heclo,Hugh
AU  - Bane,Mary Jo
AU  - Heclo,Hugh
AU  - Kazin,Michael
AU  - Skocpol,Theda
AU  - Skocpol,Theda R.
AU  - Wolfe,Alan
TI  - Christianity and American Democracy /
T2  - The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics
SN  - 9780674032309
AV  - BR517 .H45 2007eb
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy
KW  - sh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; 1. Christianity and Democracy in America --; 2. Democracy and Catholic Christianity in America --; 3. Pluralism Is Hard Work-and the Work Is Never Done --; 4. Whose Christianity? Whose Democracy? --; 5. Reconsidering Christianity and American Democracy --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; About the Authors --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674027053
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674027053
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674027053/original
ER  -