Imagining Judeo-Christian America: Religion, Secularism, and the Redefinition of Democracy

"Judeo-Christian" is a remarkably easy term to look right through. Judaism and Christianity obviously share tenets, texts, and beliefs that have strongly influenced American democracy. In this ambitious book, however, K. Healan Gaston challenges the myth of a monolithic Judeo-Christian Ame...

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Main Author: Gaston, K. Healan (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press [2019]
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Reviews:[Rezension von: Gaston, K. Healan, Imagining Judeo-Christian America] (2021) (Balmer, Randall Herbert, 1954 -)
Further subjects:B Religion And Politics (United States) History 20th century
B Generals / HISTORY
B Democracy (United States) Religious aspects
B Christianity and politics (United States) History 20th century
B Religious Pluralism (United States)
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520 |a Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Genesis of America's Judeo- Christian Discourse -- 1. From Hebraic- Hellenic to Judeo- Christian -- 2. A Protestant Nation No More -- 3. Democracy's Tradition -- Part Two. Secularism and the Redefinition of Democracy -- 4. The Flowering of a Discourse -- 5. From World War to Cold War -- 6. Fighting Godless Communism -- Part Three. From Tri- faith to Multireligious America -- 7. Secularism Reconsidered -- 8. Judeo- Christian Visions under Fire -- 9. Multireligious Possibilities -- Conclusion. The Future of Judeo- Christian Discourse -- Bibliographic Essay -- Notes -- Index 
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