Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Religion among we the people

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

908715701

Responsibility statement

Franklin I. Gamwell

Sub title

conversations on democracy and the divine good

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

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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