Kessler, Sanford,  1945-, <br/><br/>
Tocqueville's civil religion :  American Christianity and the prospects for freedom /  [print] 
Sanford Kessler. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)1994. 
 - xiv, 238 pages ;  23 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Chapter 1: Introduction --  Chapter 2: Tocqueville's approach to religion --  Chapter 3: Tocqueville's Christianity --  Chapter 4: Tocqueville's religious statesmanship --  Chapter 5: America's religious horizon --  Chapter 6: Christianity and America's political health --  Chapter 7: The secularization of American morals --  Chapter 8: future prospects --  Chapter 9: A summing up. 
<br/><br/> Sanford Kessler offers a provocative and timely analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's views on the relationship between Christianity and American democracy. These views are central to Tocqueville's discussions of the moral requirements of freedom and the tasks of democratic statesmanship.  Tocqueville's thinking about American religion is highly relevant to contemporary debates regarding America's origins, the current strength of American Christianity, and the proper role of religion in American public life. Kessler skillfully demonstrates how Tocqueville incorporates his ideas into an analysis of the American character, a factor in American politics that he considered more important than the Constitution.  This book will challenge the thinking of all Americans concerned with religious-political issues and with prospects for freedom. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93026778 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. -- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil religion--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Christianity and politics.<br/>Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR525.K42.T637 1994