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The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality : A Response to John Rawls.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (145 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739189177
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Religious Origins of American Freedom and EqualityDDC classification:
  • 322.10973
LOC classification:
  • JC599.U5 -- .P374 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Political Liberalism and the Supreme Court -- Chapter Three: Intimations of Modernity in the Thought of John Calvin -- Chapter Four: Covenant, Communion, and Awakening -- Chapter Five: Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality provides a compelling contribution to the discussion of the separation of church and state. Showing how the principles of freedom and equality on which separation is based have a religious origin, this book provides a vivid alternative to the construction of public reason in John Rawls's Political Liberalism.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Political Liberalism and the Supreme Court -- Chapter Three: Intimations of Modernity in the Thought of John Calvin -- Chapter Four: Covenant, Communion, and Awakening -- Chapter Five: Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.

The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality provides a compelling contribution to the discussion of the separation of church and state. Showing how the principles of freedom and equality on which separation is based have a religious origin, this book provides a vivid alternative to the construction of public reason in John Rawls's Political Liberalism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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