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Christianity and American democracy

Hugh Heclo
Christianity has been important for American democracy. This book offers a view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other. It shows that amid deeply felt religious differences, a Protestant colonial society gradually convinced itself of the truly Christian reasons for, and the enlightened political advantages of, religious liberty.
Print Book, English, 2007
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2007