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What it takes to be free : religion and the roots of democracy / Siobhan Nash-Marshall ; foreword by Seana Sugrue.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash-Marshall, Siobhan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty--Religious aspects.
- Liberty.
- Religion and politics--United States.
- Religion and politics.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 167 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crossroad Pub., [2003]
- Summary:
- This book about America, and its strengths and vulnerabilities, is quite properly a meditation on freedom. No other value is more closely associated with what it means to be American than this. From the quest of the Puritans for religious freedom to the American Revolution, from the Civil War to the War against Terrorism, it is freedom that has been at stake.
- Contents:
- 1 Why Freedom? 13
- Why We Need to Understand Freedom 17
- The Conditions of Freedom 23
- Our Love of Freedom 26
- Freedom and Nations 31
- What It Takes to Be Free 35
- 2 Why We Are Not a Theocracy: The Root of Our Love of Freedom 36
- God's Rights and Human Rights 38
- The Hazards of Theocracies 42
- Why a Theocracy Will Not Work 45
- Faith and Human Inviolability 48
- Faith and Freedom 51
- American Faith and Freedom 54
- 3 The Responsibility of Freedom 55
- Freedom and Laws 57
- Building a Community of Believers 59
- Freedom and Democracy 63
- The Perils of Democracy 66
- The Responsibility of Democracy 70
- 4 The Limits of Freedom 72
- Beliefs and the Freedom of Thinkers 75
- Freedom and society 78
- Beliefs and the Foundations of Communities 82
- Common Beliefs and American Values 85
- Common Beliefs and Freedom 89
- Necessity and Freedom 93
- Necessary Thoughts and Free Thinkers 95
- Basic Beliefs, Freedom, and America 101
- Opinions and the Rights of White Men 103
- The Rights of Other White Men to Their Opinions 106
- Opinions and the Death of the Union 110
- The Rights of Thinkers, Our Morality, and Our Unity 111
- The Rights of Thinkers and Our Democracy 114
- The Limits of Freedom 117
- 5 The Promise of Freedom 120
- Faith, Science, and Dreams of Perfect Worlds 124
- The Faith of the Founding Fathers 130
- Faith and Reason 136
- Americans and Their Independence 139
- American Practicality 142
- What It Takes to Be Free 148
- The American Legacy 151.
- Notes:
- "A Crossroad book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164).
- ISBN:
- 0824519949
- OCLC:
- 52418017
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