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Democratic Religion from Locke to Obama: Faith and the Civic Life of Democracy (American Political Thought)
Giorgi Areshidze
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Description for Democratic Religion from Locke to Obama: Faith and the Civic Life of Democracy (American Political Thought)
Hardcover. This book explores the transformations in religion and its civic role in American democracy from John Locke to Barack Obama. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; HRAM2; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Debating or making speeches, Americanpoliticians invariably cite tenets of Christian faith—even as they unfailingly defend the liberal principles of tolerance and religious neutrality that underpin a pluralistic democracy. How these seemingly contradictory impulses cancoexist—and whether this undermines the religious tradition that makes a liberal democracy possible—are the pressing questions that Giorgi Areshidze grapples with in this exploration of the civic role of religion in American political life.
The early modern Enlightenment political philosophy of John Locke has been deeply influential—if often misunderstood and sometimes contested—in shaping both the theoretical and practical contours of contemporary debates and anxieties about ... Read more
Debating or making speeches, Americanpoliticians invariably cite tenets of Christian faith—even as they unfailingly defend the liberal principles of tolerance and religious neutrality that underpin a pluralistic democracy. How these seemingly contradictory impulses cancoexist—and whether this undermines the religious tradition that makes a liberal democracy possible—are the pressing questions that Giorgi Areshidze grapples with in this exploration of the civic role of religion in American political life.
The early modern Enlightenment political philosophy of John Locke has been deeply influential—if often misunderstood and sometimes contested—in shaping both the theoretical and practical contours of contemporary debates and anxieties about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
American Political Thought
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700622672
SKU
V9780700622672
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About Giorgi Areshidze
Giorgi Areshidze is assistant professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California.
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