Protestantism And The American Founding (LOYOLA TOPICS POLITI) - Softcover

Engeman, Thomas S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268027684 ISBN 13: 9780268027681

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004

Synopsis

“This important collection of essays will help all Americans to consider anew the relationship between the ‘spirit of liberty’ and the ‘spirit of religion’ at work in the American Founding. Michael Zuckert’s masterful response establishes him as one of the leading scholars of the period.” —Jean Yarbrough, author of American Virtues: Thomas Jefferson on the Character of a Free People

 

"Protestantism and the American Founding is an extraordinarily rich and thought provoking dialogue on the religious dimension of the nation's foundations." —Thomas L. Pangle, University of Texas at Austin

 

“This collection of essays by some of the most eminent scholars in the field will have a wide-ranging influence on both academic and political debate on the vital interaction of religion and politics in historical and contemporary America.” —Garrett Ward Sheldon, University of Virginia’s College at Wise

 

This welcome new textbook explores the relationship between Protestant theology and American political thought of the founding era. It gathers together both new and well-known essays by scholars and outstanding thinkers in political philosophy and is enriched by classic selections from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Protestantism and the American Founding will serve as a valuable classroom guide for discussion and debate about issues in American and modern political philosophy.

About this title

About the Author

THOMAS S. ENGEMAN is associate professor of political science at Loyola University Chicago. He is the editor of Thomas Jefferson and the Politics of Nature, published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

 

MICHAEL P. ZUCKERT is Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of The Natural Rights Republic, published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

 

Contributors: Michael Zuckert, Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore, Peter Augustine Lawler, Mark Noll, Wilson Carey McWilliams, Thomas G. West, and Seymour M. Lipset.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268027684
• ISBN 13: 9780268027681
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296