Christianity and American Democracy

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Harvard University Press, 2007 - Political Science - 299 pages
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Hugh Heclo proposes that Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. Responding to his challenging argument, Mary Jo Bane, Michael Kazin, and Alan Wolfe criticize, qualify, and amend it. The result is a lively debate about a momentous tension in American public life.

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About the author (2007)

Mary Jo Bane is the Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Alan Wolfe is the director of the Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life at Boston College, & author of the best-selling "One Nation After All".

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TitleChristianity and American Democracy
The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics
AuthorHugh Heclo
Editionreprint, annotated
PublisherHarvard University Press, 2007
ISBN0674025148, 9780674025141
Length299 pages
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Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
Religion / Religion, Politics & State
  
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