Reaping the whirlwind : liberal democracy and the religious axis
As early as the sixteenth century the liberal democratic state has been forced to confront the question of religion in politics. The result has been a tense and uncomfortable balancing act. Today, in the public square of liberal democracy, a number of religious confessions and beliefs compete for attention. In the American experience, some sense of religious pluralism and relative social harmony has been maintained. However, for this relationship to prevail, a tension must continue to existùone that balances the political and social pursuits of self-interest with meeting the objectives of the
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Religion, history, and logic: the genetic fallacy
Axes of history : abandoning the universal Christian commonwealth
The religious axis : rationality, conscience, and liberty
Constitutional protection : America, religious liberty, and the factional imperative
Mormons and evangelicals : uneasy coalitions in the public square
Liberation theology's methodological insurgency : confronting liberal democracy
Islam and the state : modifying liberal democracy
Christian reconstructionism : defying the religious axis
The end of civil society
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