Benjamin T Lynerd

Republican Theology

The Civil Religion of American Evangelicals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the founding, American evangelicals have espoused a civil religion that sees limited government as a condition for a thriving church. This "republican theology," however, also accentuates the church's capacity to elevate civic virtue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780199363568
• ISBN-10: 0199363560
• Artikelnr.: 47871119

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Lynerd holds the Benjamin Franklin Project Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Evangelicals as Lockeans
Chapter 2: Republican Theology
Chapter 3: Covenantal Origins
Chapter 4: American Foundations
Chapter 5: Entrenchment in the Second Great Awakening
Chapter 6: Darwin as Ally, Social Gospel as Foe
Chapter 7: The Triumph of Free Market Theology
Epilogue
Notes
Index