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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... revivalist religion and widespread assumptions about the rela- tion between theology and ethics but also a long history of reflection that had its roots in ancient philosophy.11 In trying to convince fifth - century Athenians that the ...
... revivalist religion and widespread assumptions about the rela- tion between theology and ethics but also a long history of reflection that had its roots in ancient philosophy.11 In trying to convince fifth - century Athenians that the ...
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... revivalists and to counter the charge that they were simple determinists . In its understanding of freedom , as of many other topics , the Reformed tradition proved to be flex- ible , able to absorb change without abandoning its ...
... revivalists and to counter the charge that they were simple determinists . In its understanding of freedom , as of many other topics , the Reformed tradition proved to be flex- ible , able to absorb change without abandoning its ...
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... revivalist George Whitefield , who was both Anglican and Calvinist , toured South Carolina , his most vigorous critic was the Anglican commissary , Alexander Garden ( 1685-1756 ) , who cast his criticism as a re- futation of the whole ...
... revivalist George Whitefield , who was both Anglican and Calvinist , toured South Carolina , his most vigorous critic was the Anglican commissary , Alexander Garden ( 1685-1756 ) , who cast his criticism as a re- futation of the whole ...
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... revivalist Devereux Jarratt ( 1733–1801 ) became the rector of Bath Parish in Virginia in 1764 , his preaching conveyed Calvinist views of sinfulness , free grace , and regeneration . Even though he rejected the doctrine of ...
... revivalist Devereux Jarratt ( 1733–1801 ) became the rector of Bath Parish in Virginia in 1764 , his preaching conveyed Calvinist views of sinfulness , free grace , and regeneration . Even though he rejected the doctrine of ...
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... revivalist George Whitefield stepped ashore in Lewistown , Delaware , and began the first of two preaching tours that would generate religious excitement from Georgia to Maine . This was the start of what Jonathan Dickinson called " the ...
... revivalist George Whitefield stepped ashore in Lewistown , Delaware , and began the first of two preaching tours that would generate religious excitement from Georgia to Maine . This was the start of what Jonathan Dickinson called " the ...
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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