Religion Among We The People
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Author | : Franklin I. Gamwell |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2015-10-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 143845807X |
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Explores democracy with religious freedom and its dependence on theism. 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. Notably, Gamwells view challenges virtually all current accounts of democracy with religious freedom. This uncommon position emerges through a series of essays in which Gamwell engages a variety of conversation partners, including Thomas Jefferson, David Strauss, Abraham Lincoln, Jürgen Habermas, Alfred North Whitehead, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Iris Murdoch. Discussions of Jefferson, Lincoln, and the US Constitution illustrate the promise of neoclassical metaphysics as a context for interpreting US history. Gamwell then defends his metaphysics against both modern refusals of metaphysics and accounts of ultimate reality offered by Niebuhr and Murdoch.
Author | : Leonard W. Levy |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2017-03-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 146962043X |
Download The Establishment Clause Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Leonard Levy's classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to prohibit government aid to religion even on an impartial basis. He thus refutes the view of 'nonpreferentialists,' who interpret the clause as allowing such aid provided that the assistance is not restricted to a preferred church. For this new edition, Levy has added to his original arguments and incorporated much new material, including an analysis of Jefferson's ideas on the relationship between church and state and a discussion of the establishment clause cases brought before the Supreme Court since the book was originally published in 1986.
Author | : Mark David Hall |
Publisher | : HarperChristian + ORM |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2019-10-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1400211115 |
Download Did America Have a Christian Founding? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A distinguished professor debunks the assertion that America's Founders were deists who desired the strict separation of church and state and instead shows that their political ideas were profoundly influenced by their Christian convictions. In 2010, David Mark Hall gave a lecture at the Heritage Foundation entitled "Did America Have a Christian Founding?" His balanced and thoughtful approach to this controversial question caused a sensation. C-SPAN televised his talk, and an essay based on it has been downloaded more than 300,000 times. In this book, Hall expands upon this essay, making the airtight case that America's Founders were not deists. He explains why and how the Founders' views are absolutely relevant today, showing that they did not create a "godless" Constitution; that even Jefferson and Madison did not want a high wall separating church and state; that most Founders believed the government should encourage Christianity; and that they embraced a robust understanding of religious liberty for biblical and theological reasons. This compelling and utterly persuasive book will convince skeptics and equip believers and conservatives to defend the idea that Christian thought was crucial to the nation's founding--and that this benefits all of us, whatever our faith (or lack of faith).
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Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Church and state |
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Author | : Franklin I. Gamwell |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1995-02-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1438403755 |
Download The Meaning of Religious Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The endorsement of religious freedom in the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States represents a modern revolution in the relation between politics and religion. In American politics there has been continual disagreement about the meaning of this constitutional principle, and widely-held views of religious freedom include much philosophical confusion. This book shows how a plurality of religious convictions can be politically united only by a free debate among different religious convictions. The author demonstrates that religious freedom is a coherent political principle, and that this principle is the defining democratic commitment because all other political principles should be subject to assessment by the same free debate characterizing religious freedom. This book identifies the meaning of an authentically democratic constitution and the civility required of democratic citizens.
Author | : Robert D. Putnam |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 2012-02-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1416566732 |
Download American Grace Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Draws on three national surveys on religion, as well as research conducted by congregations across the United States, to examine the profound impact it has had on American life and how religious attitudes have changed in recent decades.
Author | : Ira C. Lupu |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2014-08-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0802870791 |
Download Secular Government, Religious People Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this book Ira Lupu and Robert Tuttle break through the unproductive American debate over competing religious rights. They present an original theory that makes the secular character of the American government, rather than a set of individual rights, the centerpiece of religious liberty in the United States. Through a comprehensive treatment of relevant constitutional themes and through their attention to both historical concerns and contemporary controversies — including issues often in the news — Lupu and Tuttle define and defend the secular character of U.S. government.
Author | : Isaac Kramnick |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393315240 |
Download The Godless Constitution Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical roots of American religious freedom, paying particular attention to such figures as John Locke, Roger Williams, and especially Thomas Jefferson, and examine the controversies, up to the present day, over the proper place of religion in our political life. With a new chapter that explores the role of religion in the public life of George W. Bush's America, The Godless Constitution offers a bracing return to the first principles of American governance.
Author | : Robert P. Jones |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2021-07-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1982122870 |
Download White Too Long Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"WHITE TOO LONG draws on history, statistics, and memoir to urge that white Christians reckon with the racism of the past and the amnesia of the present to restore a Christian identity free of the taint of white supremacy"--
Author | : Richard C. Halverson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
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