History, Religion, and American Democracy

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Maurice Wohlgelernter
Transaction Publishers, 1993 M01 1 - 351 pages
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.
 

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John Dewey The Evolution of a Faith
3
The God of Our Children The Humanist Reconstruction of God
33
The Supernatural in the Naturalists
51
The Esthetic the Religious and the Natural
74
Perspectives on the History of Judaism
91
Introduction
93
Dating a MishnahTractate The Case of Tamid
95
The Creator and the Computer
112
Spires of Influence The Importance of Emerson for Classical American Philosophy
179
Santayana and the Ideal of Reason
201
The Development of William Jamess Epistemological Realism
229
The Teacher As Moral Agent
245
Introduction
247
The New Censors of Science
249
Equality and Excellence in the Democratic Ideal
271
Toward a PostEnlightenment Doctrine of Human Rights
292

Martin Buber and the NoSelf Perspective
128
American Philosophical Reflections
149
Introduction
151
Asa Mahan and the Oberlin Philosophy
153
Schooling and the Search for a Usable Politics
315
Index
339
Notes on Contributors
350
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