The spirit of religion and the spirit of liberty : the Tocqueville thesis revisited / edited by Michael Zuckert. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 and Matthew N. HolbreichPart 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 Century10. The Saving Minimum? Tocqueville on the Role of Religion in America-Then and Now / Catherine Zuckert; Index.



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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 --


Religion and politics--United States.


Electronic Books.

BL2525 / .S657 2017