Civil religion in political thought [[electronic resource] ] : its perennial questions and enduring relevance in North America / / edited by Ronald Weed & John von Heyking

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 322/.1097
• Soggetto topico: Religion and politics - North America; Political science - North America
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HeykingJohn von WeedRonald L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-345) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / by Wilfred McClay -- Introduction / Ronald Weed and John von Heyking -- The legacy of civil religion in the history of political philosophy -- God's for the city and beyond : civil religion in Plato's laws / V. Bradley Lewis -- Truth versus utility: the debate on civil religion in the Roman Empire of the third and fourth centuries / Matthias Riedl -- The humility of true religion : Augustine's critique of Roman civil religion / David J. Bobb -- Forgiving those not trespassing against us : Hobbes and the establishment of the nonsectarian state church / Travis D. Smith -- Civil religion as political technology in Bacon's new Atlantis / David C. Innes -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau on civil religion : freedom of the individual, toleration, and the price of mass authenticity / Ronald Weed -- Alexis de Tocqueville on "civil religion" and the Catholic faith / Douglas Kries -- The enduring relevance of civil religion in North America -- Rational theology : Thomas Jefferson and the foundation of America's civil religion / Jeff Sikkenga -- Unsettling faith : the radicalization of the First Amendment and its consequences / Thomas F. Powers -- The personal is (not?) the political : the role of religion in the presidency of George W. Bush / Joseph M. Knippenberg -- Sacred words, fighting words : the Bible and national meaning in Canada, 1860-1900 / Preston Jones -- Civil religion and associational life under Canada's "ephemeral monster" : Canada's multi-headed constitution / John von Heyking.
• Titolo autorizzato: Civil religion in political thought
• ISBN: 0-8132-1814-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462229303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II