Christianity and Modern Politics / / ed. by Louisa S. Hulett.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 1990 - 1999
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]
©1993
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:Reprint 2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. On Christianity, Civil Religion, and Politics
  • Introductory Comments
  • On Politics and Power (excerpts)
  • Mere Christianity
  • Civil Religion in America
  • II. The Free Exercise of Religion
  • Introductory Comments
  • The Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion
  • The Case Against the Constitutionally Compelled Free Exercise Exemption
  • III. God and Government: The Establishment Clause
  • Introductory Comments
  • Forgotten Purposes of the First Amendment Religion Clauses
  • The Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
  • IV. Religion Clauses and Supreme Court Cases
  • Introductory Comments
  • Church, State, and the Constitution
  • Why 'Separation' is not the Key to Church-State Relations
  • Statism, not Separatism, is the Problem
  • Freedom and/or Separation: The Constitutional Dilemma of the First Amendment
  • Strict Neutrality: The Next Step in First Amendment Development?
  • V. Secular Humanism as Religion: The Great Debate
  • Introductory Comments
  • The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America
  • America's Fourth Faith: A Sociological Perspective on Secular Humanism
  • The Religion of Secular Humanism: A Judicial Myth
  • VI. The Rise of Fundamentalism
  • Introductory Comments
  • Pietist Politics
  • The Fundamentalist Phenomenon
  • The Christian Right in Twentieth Century America: Continuity and Change
  • The New Puritanism: We Must Say 'No' Again
  • Fundamentalism
  • VII. War, Peace, and Pacifism
  • Introductory Comments
  • Various Works
  • Summa Theologica
  • Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved
  • Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • On Beginning War
  • Reply to False Accusations
  • Why the Christian Church is not Pacifist
  • Christianity and Social Problems
  • In Defense of Creation
  • On Nuclear Morality
  • The Use of Force: A Justified Response
  • Just Wars and the Burdens of History
  • An Imperfectly Just War: Part of the Uncertainty is Factual
  • Just War Tradition: Is It Credible?
  • VIII. Liberation Theology
  • Introductory Comments
  • On Liberation Theology (excerpts)
  • Two Theologies of Liberation
  • Instruction on Certain Aspects of the 'Theology of Liberation'
  • Centesimus Annus
  • Liberation Theology and the 'New World Order'
  • Selected Readings
  • Backmatter