Religion among We the People

Conversations on Democracy and the Divine Good

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-07-02
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438458083

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Franklin I. Gamwell is Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics, Theology, and Philosophy of Religion at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His many books include Existence and the Good: Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and Politics and The Meaning of Religious Freedom: Modern Politics and the Democratic Resolution, both also published by SUNY Press.

Preface1. Consent to Religious Freedom: The Legacy of Thomas JeffersonThe Present QuestionJefferson’s AnswersRefining the QuestionReason’s TribunalJefferson’s Legacy2. On Constitutional Authority: A Conversation with David StraussThe Living ConstitutionJefferson’s Question: Hermeneutical and NormativeThe Tradition of Popular SovereigntyAdvancing the Tradition3. Democracy and Nature’s God: The Legacy of Abraham LincolnLincoln’s Political SentimentsThe Declaration’s Laws of NatureThe Almighty’s PurposesThe House DividedLincoln’s Legacy4. On Religion in the Public Sphere: A Conversation with Jürgen HabermasThe Institutional ProvisoHabermas’s Proposal: A CritiqueHabermas and Rawls: The Basic ProblemThe Better SolutionThe Attachment to Democracy5. On the Humanitarian Ideal: The Promise of Neoclassical MetaphysicsKantian and Post-Enlightenment ChallengesMetaphysics and Human PurposeMaking the Humanitarian Ideal Explicit6. Reinhold Niebuhr’s Theistic Ethic: The Law of LoveNiebuhr’s Systematic ProjectNiebuhr’s Ethic: Harmony and Sacrificial LoveNiebuhr’s Ethic: A CritiqueNiebuhr’s Intentions Revisited7. On the Loss of Theism: A Conversation with Iris MurdochEmphatic Moral RealismGood without GodThe Loss of WorthThe Necessity of GodConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex