Search Results - Religions

Bonds of affection civic charity and the making of America--Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln / by Holland, Matthew Scott, 1966-

“…Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)…”
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What's wrong with democracy? from Athenian practice to American worship / by Samons, Loren J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Athenian society and government -- Democracy and demagogues : election, voting, and qualifications for citizenship -- Public finance : democracy and the people's purse -- Foreign policy I : democracy imperial -- Foreign policy II : the Peloponnesian War -- National defense : democracy defeated -- Democracy and religion -- Conclusion : Socrates, Pericles, and the citizen.…”
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Pragmatism, politics, and perversity democracy and the American party battle / by Esposito, Joseph L., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Pragmatism and the democracy project -- Pragmatic political history -- A foundation on a serbonian bog -- Market state and nation state -- A judiciary for the market state -- Rogue justice -- Too much democracy -- Judicial review as ideology -- Religion and race -- Old wine in new bottles -- Rewriting history -- The great Kansas charade -- Free labor and the economics of slavery -- Civil War -- Disorder in the court -- Understanding the party battle -- Free speech in the age of the big megaphone.…”
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