Democratic faith [electronic resource] / Patrick J. Deneen.
Material type: TextSeries: New forum booksPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.Description: xvii, 365 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 321.8/01 22
- JC423 .D382 2005eb
- 08.45
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-360) and index.
Faith in man -- Democratic transformation -- Democracy as trial : toward a critique of democratic faith -- Protagoras unbound : the democratic mythology of Protagoras's "great speech" -- Civil religion and the democratic faith of Rousseau -- American faith : the translation of religious faith to democratic faith -- "A pattern laid up in heaven" : Plato's democratic ideal -- The only permanent state : Tocqueville on religion and democracy -- Hope in America : the chastened faith of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christopher Lasch -- Conclusion : a model of democratic charity .
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