History, Religion, and American DemocracyMaurice 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. |
Contents
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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 |
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