Research Catalog

Title

Reaping the whirlwind : liberal democracy and the religious axis / John R. Pottenger.

Author

Pottenger, John R., 1950-

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2007.

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Description

x, 342 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Religion and politics series

Uniform Title

Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)

Subjects

• Religion and politics
• Democracy > Religious aspects
• Religious pluralism > Political aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-323) and index.

Contents

Mixing religion and politics : the case of the Ten commandments -- Religion, history, and logic: the genetic fallacy -- Axes of history : abandoning the universal Christian commonwealth -- The religious axis : rationality, conscience, and liberty -- Constitutional protection : America, religious liberty, and the factional imperative -- Mormons and evangelicals : uneasy coalitions in the public square -- Liberation theology's methodological insurgency : confronting liberal democracy -- Islam and the state : modifying liberal democracy -- Christian reconstructionism : defying the religious axis -- The end of civil society.

Call Number

JFE 07-6092

ISBN

• 9781589011625 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781589011694 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1589011694 (hbk.)
• 1589011627 (pbk.)

LCCN

2006031189

OCLC

71809991

Author

Pottenger, John R., 1950-

Title

Reaping the whirlwind : liberal democracy and the religious axis / John R. Pottenger.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2007.

Series

Religion and politics series

Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-323) and index.

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Table of contents only

Research Call Number

JFE 07-6092