Civil religion in political thought  its perennial questions and enduring relevance in North America /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Ronald Weed & John von Heyking. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Catholic University of America Press,  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 357 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / by Wilfred McClay -- Introduction / Ronald Weed and John von Heyking -- The legacy of civil religion in the history of political philosophy -- God's for the city and beyond : civil religion in Plato's laws / V. Bradley Lewis -- Truth versus utility: the debate on civil religion in the Roman Empire of the third and fourth centuries / Matthias Riedl -- The humility of true religion : Augustine's critique of Roman civil religion / David J. Bobb -- Forgiving those not trespassing against us : Hobbes and the establishment of the nonsectarian state church / Travis D. Smith -- Civil religion as political technology in Bacon's new Atlantis / David C. Innes -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau on civil religion : freedom of the individual, toleration, and the price of mass authenticity / Ronald Weed -- Alexis de Tocqueville on "civil religion" and the Catholic faith / Douglas Kries -- The enduring relevance of civil religion in North America -- Rational theology : Thomas Jefferson and the foundation of America's civil religion / Jeff Sikkenga -- Unsettling faith : the radicalization of the First Amendment and its consequences / Thomas F. Powers -- The personal is (not?) the political : the role of religion in the presidency of George W. Bush / Joseph M. Knippenberg -- Sacred words, fighting words : the Bible and national meaning in Canada, 1860-1900 / Preston Jones -- Civil religion and associational life under Canada's "ephemeral monster" : Canada's multi-headed constitution / John von Heyking. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813218144 (electronic bk.) 0813218144 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil religion--North America.<br/>Religion and politics--North America.<br/>Politische Philosophie.<br/>Zivilreligion.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Nordamerika.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Aufsatzsammlung.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL98.5  / .C58 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>322/.1097