Rediscovering America's sacred ground : public religion and pursuit of the good in a pluralistic America /
"Returning to the ideas of John Locke and the Founders themselves, Barbara A. McGraw examines the debate about the role of religion in American public life and unravels the confounded rhetoric on all sides. She reveals that no group has been standing on proper ground and that all sides have mis...
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| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| سلاسل: | SUNY series, religion and American public life.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=107449 |
جدول المحتويات:
- Toward a debate on common ground
- pt. I. Looking back to rediscover America's sacred ground. Rediscovering the roots of America's sacred ground in John Locke ; The United States Constitution: establishing America's sacred ground
- pt. II. Rooting the contemporary debate in sacred ground. Taking sides and looking left ; Looking right ; Grounding the debate ; Conclusion. America's sacred ground: our civic faith
- [Appendixes.] A.A few definitions ; B. Freedom of conscience in revolutionary period constitutions and declarations of rights ; C. Drafts of the Religion Clause in the debates of the First Congress.