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Author:   Franklin I. Gamwell ,  Franklin I. Gamwell
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9781438458083

ISBN 10:   1438458088
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 July 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Consent to Religious Freedom: The Legacy of Thomas Jefferson The Present Question Jefferson's Answers Refining the Question Reason's Tribunal Jefferson's Legacy 2. On Constitutional Authority: A Conversation with David Strauss The Living Constitution Jefferson's Question: Hermeneutical and Normative The Tradition of Popular Sovereignty Advancing the Tradition 3. Democracy and Nature's God: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's Political Sentiments The Declaration's Laws of Nature The Almighty's Purposes The House Divided Lincoln's Legacy 4. On Religion in the Public Sphere: A Conversation with Jurgen Habermas The Institutional Proviso Habermas's Proposal: A Critique Habermas and Rawls: The Basic Problem The Better Solution The Attachment to Democracy 5. On the Humanitarian Ideal: The Promise of Neoclassical Metaphysics Kantian and Post-Enlightenment Challenges Metaphysics and Human Purpose Making the Humanitarian Ideal Explicit 6. Reinhold Niebuhr's Theistic Ethic: The Law of Love Niebuhr's Systematic Project Niebuhr's Ethic: Harmony and Sacrificial Love Niebuhr's Ethic: A Critique Niebuhr's Intentions Revisited 7. On the Loss of Theism: A Conversation with Iris Murdoch Emphatic Moral Realism Good without God The Loss of Worth The Necessity of God Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

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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.

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