The spirit of religion and the spirit of liberty : the Tocqueville thesis revisited / edited by Michael Zuckert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zuckert, Michael P., 1942- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique.

Tocqueville, Alexis de.

Religion and politics--United States.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, [Illinois] ; London, [England] : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Summary:

Tocqueville's thesis on the relation between religion and liberty could hardly be timelier.From events in the Middle East and the spread of Islamist violence in the name of religion to the mandated coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the interaction between religion and politics has once again become central to political life.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Tocqueville Thesis / Michael Zuckert

Part I. Tocqueville's Thesis

1. Tocqueville's American Thesis and the New Science of Politics / Aristide Tessitore

Part II. Tocqueville's Contexts

2. Tocqueville, Religion, and "Democracy in America": Some Essential Questions / James T. Schleifer

3. Tocqueville's "America," Beaumont's "Slavery," and the United States in 1831-32 / Mark A. Noll

4. Tocqueville, Pascal, and the Transcendent Horizon / Alexander Jech

5. On Individualism, Authority, and Democracy as a New Form of Religion: A Few Tocquevillian Reflections / Aurelian Craiutu &amp

Matthew N. Holbreich

Part III. The Tocqueville Thesis: Theoretical Perspectives

6. Tocqueville's Pendulum: Thoughts on Religion, Liberty, and Reason in Democratic Times / Eduardo Nolla

7. Checks and Balances for Democratic Souls: Alexis de Tocqueville on Religion in Democratic Societies / Alan S. Kahan

8. Tocqueville on Religion and Liberty / Harvey C. Mansfield

9. Religion, Civic Education, and Conformity / Dana Villa

Part IV. The Tocqueville Thesis in the Twenty-First Century

10. The Saving Minimum? Tocqueville on the Role of Religion in America-Then and Now / Catherine Zuckert

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-226-49070-X

OCLC:

986523863