Christianity and American Democracy / / Hugh Heclo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Heclo, Hugh,
• MitwirkendeR: Bane, Mary Jo,; Heclo, Hugh,; Kazin, Michael,; Skocpol, Theda R.,; Wolfe, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; 1. Christianity and Democracy in America --; 2. Democracy and Catholic Christianity in America --; 3. Pluralism Is Hard Work-and the Work Is Never Done --; 4. Whose Christianity? Whose Democracy? --; 5. Reconsidering Christianity and American Democracy --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; About the Authors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674027053; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674027053
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hugh Heclo.

Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. With this bold thesis, Heclo offers a panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other over the years, and how their relationship is changing in the present day. Responding to his challenging argument, Mary Jo Bane, Michael Kazin, and Alan Wolfe criticize, qualify, and amend it. The result is a lively debate about a momentous tension in American public life.