| Religion Among We the People: Conversations on Democracy and the Divine Good Contributor(s): Gamwell, Franklin I. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1438458088 ISBN-13: 9781438458083 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theism - Religion | Theology - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 322.109 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, J rgen 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. |