Democratic Religion from Locke to Obama: Faith and the Civic Life of Democracy

by Giorgi Areshidze

Debating or making speeches, American politicians invariably cite tenets of Christian faith--even as they unfailingly defend the liberal principles of tolerance and religious neutrality that underpin a pluralistic democracy. How these seemingly contradictory impulses can coexist--and whether this undermines the religious tradition that makes a liberal democracy possible--are the pressing questions that Giorgi Areshidze grapples with in this exploration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700622675
• ISBN13: 9780700622672
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"