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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... Fragmentation in New England 127 Part 2. The Baconian Style 7 The Deists 159 8 Evidential Christianity 173 9 Unitarian Virtue 197 10 Universal Salvation 218 II Episcopal Theology and Tradition 234 12 Methodist Perfection 256 Contents.
... Fragmentation in New England 127 Part 2. The Baconian Style 7 The Deists 159 8 Evidential Christianity 173 9 Unitarian Virtue 197 10 Universal Salvation 218 II Episcopal Theology and Tradition 234 12 Methodist Perfection 256 Contents.
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... Unitarian George Burnap marveled at the extent of popular theological interest . He found knowledge of both the Bible and of “ different theological systems ” to be " generally dif- fused . " Even the " most illiterate , on hearing a ...
... Unitarian George Burnap marveled at the extent of popular theological interest . He found knowledge of both the Bible and of “ different theological systems ” to be " generally dif- fused . " Even the " most illiterate , on hearing a ...
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... Unitarian clergy to present lecture series on the evi- dences . Church newspapers printed popular articles that made the evidences plain for the laity . College presidents taught regular courses on the evidences . Seminary journals ...
... Unitarian clergy to present lecture series on the evi- dences . Church newspapers printed popular articles that made the evidences plain for the laity . College presidents taught regular courses on the evidences . Seminary journals ...
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... Unitarians , they espoused a form of theological liberalism that appealed to small farmers and laboring people . Spreading outward from the middle colonies , an upstart Methodist movement employed a similar populist rhetoric , boasting ...
... Unitarians , they espoused a form of theological liberalism that appealed to small farmers and laboring people . Spreading outward from the middle colonies , an upstart Methodist movement employed a similar populist rhetoric , boasting ...
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... Unitarians , who valued a learned clergy , leads into a chapter on Universalists , who distrusted such learning . A chapter on Episcopal thought , again representing a tradition that sought a learned clergy , stands beside the chapter ...
... Unitarians , who valued a learned clergy , leads into a chapter on Universalists , who distrusted such learning . A chapter on Episcopal thought , again representing a tradition that sought a learned clergy , stands beside the chapter ...
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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