Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for
American democracy. With this bold thesis, Hugh Heclo offers a
panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each
other.
Heclo shows that amid deeply felt religious differences, a
Protestant colonial society gradually convinced itself of the truly
Christian reasons for, as well as the enlightened political
advantages of, religious liberty. By the mid-twentieth century,
American democracy and Christianity appeared locked in a mutual
embrace. But it was a problematic union vulnerable to fundamental
challenge in the Sixties. Despite the subsequent rise of the
religious right and glib talk of a conservative Republican
theocracy, Heclo sees a longer-term, reciprocal estrangement
between Christianity and American democracy.
Responding to his challenging argument, Mary Jo Bane, Michael
Kazin, and Alan Wolfe criticize, qualify, and amend it. Heclo's
rejoinder suggests why both secularists and Christians should worry
about a coming rupture between the Christian and democratic faiths.
The result is a lively debate about a momentous tension in American
public life.
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