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Christianity and American Democracy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674027053
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity and American DemocracyDDC classification:
  • 261.70973
LOC classification:
  • BR517
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Theda R. Skocpol -- 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.
Summary: Hugh Heclo proposes that Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Theda R. Skocpol -- 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.

Hugh Heclo proposes that Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. 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.

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