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242 pages ; 24 cm. |
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American political thought |
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American political thought.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Religious liberty, free inquiry, and the problem of orthodoxy -- The crisis of liberalism and the return to orthodoxy -- Toward a theology of liberalism : Locke's reasonableness of Christianity -- Benjamin Franklin nd the Hemphill Affair : making good citizens, not good Presbyterians -- James Madison and the ambition of making laws for the human mind -- Diamonds from dunghills : Jefferson's materialism, free inquiry and religious reform. -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Religious liberty is one of the hallmarks of American democracy, but the principal architects of this liberty believed only a certain form of Christianity - namely, a liberal, rational, heterodox Christianity - was compatible with it. Conservative and post-liberal champions of the freedom of religion often ignore this point, sometimes even arguing that orthodox Christianity was, or should be, at the root of democratic liberty. John Colman shows otherwise in his close study of the religious views and political theologies of John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson. Colman shows that Locke and his three American students specifically took aim at the idea of orthodoxy, which they argued perennially tempted its votaries to try to impose an artificial uniformity upon the religious heterogeneity that naturally exists in society"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Freedom of religion -- United States.
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Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Liberalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Philosophy and religion -- United States -- History.
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Political science -- United States -- Philosophy -- History.
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Locke, John, 1632-1704 (OCoLC)fst00040818
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Freedom of religion (OCoLC)fst00934030
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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John Locke and his American students on religion and liberal society |
| ISBN |
9780700635016 hardcover ; acid free paper |
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0700635017 hardcover ; acid free paper |
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9780700635023 (ebook) |
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