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Document Type

Article in Response to Controversy

Abstract

In our generation, the crisis of democracy is embodied in the conflict between those who view the U.S. as a Christian republic to be governed according to (their interpretation of) the Bible and those who view the United States as a purely secular state, neutral on moral questions and the general nature of a good life. The hope is that, despite these radically different and incommensurable visions of the good, society can be held together by a thin consensus on procedures combined with public neutrality on the nature of the Good (Rawls, 1971/1999).

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articles

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Religion and state--United States; Church and state--United States; Religion in the public schools--United States; Freedom of religion--United States

Geographic Coverage

United States--Religion

Language

English

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application/pdf

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