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100	1		_aGamwell, Franklin I.
245	1	0	_aReligion among We the People : _bConversations on Democracy and the Divine Good.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (258 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: Consent to Religious Freedom: The Legacy of Thomas Jefferson -- The Present Question -- Jefferson's Answers -- Refining the Question -- Reason's Tribunal -- Jefferson's Legacy -- Chapter Two: On Constitutional Authority: A Conversation with David Strauss -- The Living Constitution -- Jefferson's Question: Hermeneutical and Normative -- The Tradition of Popular Sovereignty -- Advancing the Tradition -- Chapter Three: Democracy and Nature's God: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln's Political Sentiments -- The Declaration's Laws of Nature -- The Almighty's Purposes -- The House Divided -- Lincoln's Legacy -- Chapter Four: On Religion in the Public Sphere: A Conversation with Jürgen Habermas -- The Institutional Proviso -- Habermas's Proposal: A Critique -- Habermas and Rawls: The Basic Problem -- The Better Solution -- The Attachment to Democracy -- Chapter Five: On the Humanitarian Ideal: The Promise of Neoclassical Metaphysics -- Kantian and Post-Enlightenment Challenges -- Metaphysics and Human Purpose -- Making the Humanitarian Ideal Explicit -- Chapter Six: Reinhold Niebuhr's Theistic Ethic: The Law of Love -- Niebuhr's Systematic Project -- Niebuhr's Ethic: Harmony and Sacrificial Love -- Niebuhr's Ethic: A Critique -- Niebuhr's Intentions Revisited -- Chapter Seven: On the Loss of Theism: A Conversation with Iris Murdoch -- Emphatic Moral Realism -- Good without God -- The Loss of Worth -- The Necessity of God -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
520			_aExplores democracy with religious freedom and its dependence on theism.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aDemocracy-Moral and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aReligion and politics-United States.
650		0	_aUnited States-Religion.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aGamwell, Franklin I. _tReligion among We the People _dAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2015 _z9781438458076
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4396584 _zClick to View
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