The most sacred freedom : religious liberty in the history of philosophy and America's founding / edited by Will R. Jordan and Charlotte C.S. Thomas.
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- ISBN: 9780881465631
- ISBN: 0881465631
- Physical Description: 178 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "This collection of essays is based on the 2014 A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas, the 7th annual conference sponsored by the Thomas C. and Ramona E. McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / Will R. Jordan -- Part I. Religious liberty in the Western tradition. Religion and liberty in neglected great works of the ancient Near East / Steven Grosby -- Faction against faction: Emperor Julian on religious tolerance / Jeremiah H. Russell -- Calvert, Williams, and Locke: three foundations for religious toleration in America / Maura Jane Farrelly -- Religion and social unity: another Rousseauian paradox / Daniel Cullen -- Part II. Religious liberty and the American founding. The shifting walls of separation between church and state in the United States / John Witte, Jr. -- The American founders and the problem of civil religion: truth and utility / Scott Yenor -- The founders, Hobby Lobby and the HHS mandate / David Ramsey -- What sort of God calls for liberty of conscience? / Michael Novak. |
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