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Enlightenment Political Philosophy and the Bible: Liberal Interpretations in Illiberal Times
J. Judd Owen, Emory University
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Making Religion Safe for Democracy: Transformation from Hobbes to Tocqueville (Book)
Title: Making Religion Safe for Democracy: Transformation from Hobbes to Tocqueville
Author: J. Judd Owen
Abstract: J. Judd Owen sheds new light on the ambiguous status of religion in modern democratic society by tracing a surprisingly unified reinterpretation of Christianity by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Thomas Jefferson and comparing that reinterpretation to Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of the democratic transformation of religion the early United States.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Religion-Safe-Democracy-Transformation/dp/1316609316/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469727612&sr=8-2&keywords=j+judd+owen
Secondary URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/political-philosophy/making-religion-safe-democracy-transformation-hobbes-tocqueville?format=HB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 1316609316
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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