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Religion among We the People

By Gamwell, Franklin I.

Religion among We the People Philosophy

Religion among We the People

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Explores democracy with religious freedom and its dependence on theism.Franklin I. Gamwell holds that democracy with religious freedom is dependent on metaphysical theism. Democratic politics can be neutral to all religious convictions only if its constitution establishes a full and free discourse about the ultimate terms of justice and their application to decisions of the state, and the divine good is the true ground of justice. Notably, Gamwell's view challenges virtually all current accounts of democracy with religious freedom. This uncommon position emerges through a series of essays in which Gamwell engages a variety of conversation partners, including Thomas Jefferson, David Strauss, Abraham Lincoln, Jürgen Habermas, Alfred North Whitehead, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Iris Murdoch. Discussions of Jefferson, Lincoln, and the US Constitution illustrate the promise of neoclassical metaphysics as a context for interpreting US history. Gamwell then defends his metaphysics against both modern refusals of metaphysics and accounts of ultimate reality offered by Niebuhr and Murdoch.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
258
Release Date:
2016-07-02
Publication Date:
2016-07-02
Publisher:
SUNY Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1438458088
ISBN13:
9781438458083
Weight:
424 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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