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050 0 4 _aBR525.K42.T637 1994
100 1 _aKessler, Sanford,
_d1945-,
_e1
245 1 0 _aTocqueville's civil religion :
_bAmerican Christianity and the prospects for freedom /
_cSanford Kessler.
_hPR
260 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c(c)1994.
300 _axiv, 238 pages ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _a1 (pages 209-222) and index.
505 0 0 _aChapter 1: Introduction --
_tChapter 2: Tocqueville's approach to religion --
_tChapter 3: Tocqueville's Christianity --
_tChapter 4: Tocqueville's religious statesmanship --
_tChapter 5: America's religious horizon --
_tChapter 6: Christianity and America's political health --
_tChapter 7: The secularization of American morals --
_tChapter 8: future prospects --
_tChapter 9: A summing up.
520 0 _aSanford 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.
520 8 _aTocqueville'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.
520 8 _aThis book will challenge the thinking of all Americans concerned with religious-political issues and with prospects for freedom.
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600 1 0 _aTocqueville, Alexis de,
_d1805-1859. --
650 0 _aCivil religion
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aChristianity and politics.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents
_uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780791419304.pdf
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_c01-22-08
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell