History, Religion, and American Democracy

by Maurice Wohlgelernter (Editor)

Overview

History, Religion, and American Democracy provides a fundamental review of four major themes: naturalism and supernaturalism in an American context; issues in the history of Judaism; American social philosophy; and the teaching and learning of democratic ideals in a pluralistic postmodern environment. This book provides a naturalistic context for the deep analysis of religious, theological, as well as social and political themes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000677430
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	424
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Maurice Wohlgelernter, Editor, is Professor of English, and Chairman, Religion and Culture Program, Baruch College, City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Four Ways of Religion and Philosophy, ONE NATURALISM AND SUPERNATURALISM REVISTED 1. John Dewey: The Evolution of a Faith 2. "The God of Our Children": The Humanist Reconstruction of God 3. The Supernatural in the Naturalists 4. The Esthetic, the Religious, and the Natural TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF JUDAISM 5. Dating a Mishnah-Tractate: The Case of Tamid 6. The Creator and the Computer 7. Martin Buber and the No-Self Perspective THREE AMERICAN PHILOSOPIHICAL REFLECTIONS 8. Asa Mahan and the Oberlin Philosophy 9. Spires of Influence: The Importance of Emerson for Classical American Philosophy 10. Santayana and the Ideal of Reason 11. The Development of William James’s Epistemological Realism FOUR THE TEACHER AS MORAL AGENT 12. The New Censors of Science 13. Equality and Excellence in the Democratic Ideal 14. Toward a Post-Enlightenment Doctrine of Human Rights 15. Schooling and the Search for a Usable Politics