Christodemocracy and the alternative democratic theory of America's Christian Right
Record details
- ISBN: 9781137523631
- ISBN: 1137523638
- ISBN: 1137523646
- ISBN: 9781137523648
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- 1. Christodemocracy is the Alternative Normative Framework assumed by America's Christian Right -- 2. Christodemocracy is one of many normative frameworks used for understanding the behavior of democratic states -- 3. Christodemocratic Theory Is Based On Ten Core Assumptions -- 4. Discourse Analysis Provides a Qualitative Means for Recognizing Christodemocratic Assumptions Behind Political Activism -- 5. Christodemocracy Assumes That the Role of Any Government is to Enact Christian Morality -- 6. In Christodemocracy, Positive Religious Identity Supersedes Liberty of Conscience in a Competition of Rights -- 7. Christodemocracy Relies On a Provincial Historical Narrative to Justify Christian Primacy -- 8. Christodemocratic Rhetoric Equates Political Leveling with Persecution -- 9. Christodemocracy does not Recognize Rights that Contradict the Will of the Author of Rights -- 10. Christodemocracy Assumes a Fixed, Metaphysical Epistemology as the Measure of Agency and Expertise -- 11. Christodemocracy Paradoxically Embraces Populist Faith and Strict Hierarchical Authority -- 12. Christodemocracy is illiberal because it assumes collective consequences for individual behavior -- 13. Christodemocracy Rejects Political Outcomes Thought To Be The Product of an Illegitimate Identity -- Conclusion. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 6, 2016). |
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Subject: | Christianity and politics -- United States United States -- Politics and government -- Religious aspects Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
Genre: | Electronic books. |