ISBN: 9780826216748

Weitere detailsTitel: Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of AmericaZustand: NeuAutor: Ellis SandozProduktart: Gebundene AusgabeEAN: 9780826216748ISBN: 9780826216748Verlag: University o… More...

Weitere detailsTitel: Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of AmericaZustand: NeuAutor: Ellis SandozProduktart: Gebundene AusgabeEAN: 9780826216748ISBN: 9780826216748Verlag: University of Missouri PressGenre: Law & PoliticsThematik: History, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease date: 30/09/2006Description: As debates rage over the place of faith in our national life, Tocqueville's nineteenth-century crediting of religion for shaping America is largely overlooked today. Now, in ""Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America"", Ellis Sandoz reveals the major role that Protestant Christianity played in the formation and early period of the American republic. Sandoz traces the rise of republican government from key sources in Protestant civilization, paying particular attention to the influence of the Bible on the Founders and the blossoming of the American mind in the eighteenth century. Sandoz analyzes the religious debt of the emergent American community and its elevation of the individual person as unique in the eyes of the Creator. He shows that the true distinction of American republicanism lies in its grounding of human dignity in spiritual individualism and an understanding of man's capacity for self-government under providential guidance. Along the way, he addresses such topics as the neglected question of the education of the Founders for their unique endeavor, common law constitutionalism, the place of Latin and Greek classics in the Founders' thought, and the texture of religious experience from the Great Awakening to the Declaration of Independence. To establish a unifying theoretical perspective for his study, Sandoz considers the philosophical underpinnings of religion and the contribution that Eric Voegelin made to our understanding of religious experience. He contributes fresh studies of the character of Voegelin's thought: its relationship to Christianity; his debate with Leo Strauss over reason, revelation, and the meaning of philosophy; and the theory of Gnosticism as basic to radical modernity. He also provides a powerful account of the spirit of Voegelin's later writings, contrasting the political scientist with the meditative spiritualist and offering new insight into volume 5 of Order and History. Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America concludes with timely reflections on the epoch now unfolding in the shadow of Islamic jihadism. Bringing a wide range of materials into a single volume, it confronts current academic concerns with religion while offering new insight into the construction of the American polity - and the heart of Americanism as we know it today.Sprache: EnglischAnzahl der Seiten: 240Herstellungsland und -region: USBuchreihe: Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy: Studies in Religion & Politics Information fehlt?Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Details fehlen und wir werden diese solange möglich zu unserer Beschreibung hinzufügen., Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Buchtitel: Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America, Produktart: Gebundene Ausgabe, EAN: 9780826216748, Genre: Law & Politics, Thematik: Philosophy & Spirituality, Release date: 30/09/2006, Sprache: Englisch, Anzahl der Seiten: 240, Herstellungsland und -region: US, Buchreihe: Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy: Studies i, University of Missouri Press<

2006, ISBN: 9780826216748

University of Missouri Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-09-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 1.14 kg, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, B… More...

University of Missouri Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-09-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 1.14 kg, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Politische Ideologien, Politikwissenschaft, Fachbücher, Staatsführung, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Institution Kirche, Christ & Gesellschaft, Christentum & Theologie, Religion & Glaube, Religionsphilosophie, Religion & Gesellschaft, University of Missouri Press, 2006<

ISBN: 9780826216748

Hardback, [PU: University of Missouri Press], As debates rage over the place of faith in our national life, Tocqueville's 19th century crediting of religion for shaping America is overloo… More...

Hardback, [PU: University of Missouri Press], As debates rage over the place of faith in our national life, Tocqueville's 19th century crediting of religion for shaping America is overlooked. This work reveals the major role that Protestant Christianity played in the formation and early period of the American republic, looking at the blossoming of the American mind in the 18th century., History Of The Americas<

2006, ISBN: 9780826216748

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: University of Missouri Press], University of Missouri Press, 2006