The religious origins of American freedom and equality : a response to John Rawls /
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 co...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland. :
Lexington Books,
2014
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the hermeneutics of church and state
- Political liberalism and the Supreme Court : religious liberty and the wall of separation metaphor
- Intimations of modernity in the thought of John Calvin
- Covenant, communion and awakening : Puritanism and the theological roots of American liberalism
- Conclusion : the problem of objectivity and the question of translation
- Greenawalt in the twilight.
