Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil WarYale University Press, 2003 M01 1 - 617 pages Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in this volume which also includes essays by scholars in a range of fields. The text begins with a biographical essay by David Bromwich and an interpretative essay by George Kateb. Then Jean Bethke Elshtain, Owen Fiss, Judge Richard A. Posner and Jeremy Waldron present commentaries on the pertinence of Mill's thinking to early 21st century debates. They discuss, for example, the uses of authority and tradition, the shifting legal boundaries of free speech and free action, the relation of personal liberty to market individualism, and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone's way of life. |
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... Reformed had ascendancy only in regional ethnic enclaves . The Baptists stepped in to spread Calvinist theology to a large segment of the population , however , so Calvin- ism remained a flash point for theological controversy ...
... Reformed had ascendancy only in regional ethnic enclaves . The Baptists stepped in to spread Calvinist theology to a large segment of the population , however , so Calvin- ism remained a flash point for theological controversy ...
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... Reformed theologians but proved suf- ficiently flexible to accommodate the needs of Reformed revivalists and to counter the charge that they were simple determinists . In its understanding of freedom , as of many other topics , the Reformed ...
... Reformed theologians but proved suf- ficiently flexible to accommodate the needs of Reformed revivalists and to counter the charge that they were simple determinists . In its understanding of freedom , as of many other topics , the Reformed ...
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... Reformed historian Philip Schaff became known in Germany largely through his efforts to interpret American thought to German audiences , and on occasion an American , such as the liberal James Warley Miles of South Carolina , received ...
... Reformed historian Philip Schaff became known in Germany largely through his efforts to interpret American thought to German audiences , and on occasion an American , such as the liberal James Warley Miles of South Carolina , received ...
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... Reformed or Lutheran , that could overflow particular denominational bound- aries . They also participated in " schools " of thought , such as the New England theology , the New Haven theology , the Oberlin theology , the Princeton ...
... Reformed or Lutheran , that could overflow particular denominational bound- aries . They also participated in " schools " of thought , such as the New England theology , the New Haven theology , the Oberlin theology , the Princeton ...
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... Reformed founded a small seminary at New Bruns- wick ( 1784 ) , the Catholics founded St. Mary's in Baltimore ( 1791 ) , and the Congregationalists founded Andover in Massachusetts ( 1808 ) . The seminary — an institution designed to ...
... Reformed founded a small seminary at New Bruns- wick ( 1784 ) , the Catholics founded St. Mary's in Baltimore ( 1791 ) , and the Congregationalists founded Andover in Massachusetts ( 1808 ) . The seminary — an institution designed to ...
Contents
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Part 2 The Baconian Style | 157 |
Part 3 Alternatives to Baconian Reason | 395 |
26 Afterword | 505 |
Notes | 513 |
Index | 597 |
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