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The long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the
American story Was America founded as a Christian nation or a
secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American
Covenant. What the founders envisioned was a prophetic republic
that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets
and the Western political heritage of civic republicanism. In this
eye-opening book, Gorski shows why this civil religious tradition
is now in peril-and with it the American experiment. American
Covenant traces the history of prophetic republicanism from the
Puritan era to today, providing insightful portraits of figures
ranging from John Winthrop and W.E.B. Du Bois to Jerry Falwell,
Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama. Featuring a new preface by the
author, this incisive book demonstrates how half a century of
culture war has drowned out the quieter voices of the vital center,
and demonstrates that if we are to rebuild that center, we must
recover the civil religious tradition on which the republic was
founded.
An authoritative account of the long battle between exclusionary
and inclusive versions of the American story Was the United States
founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither,
argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders
actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave
together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western
political heritage of civic republicanism. In this ambitious book,
Gorski shows why this civil religious tradition is now in
peril--and with it the American experiment. Gorski traces the
historical development of prophetic republicanism from the Puritan
era to the present day. He provides close readings of thinkers such
as John Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du
Bois, and Hannah Arendt, along with insightful portraits of recent
and contemporary religious and political leaders such as Jerry
Falwell, Pat Robertson, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Barack
Obama. Gorski shows how the founders' original vision for America
is threatened by an internecine struggle between two rival
traditions, religious nationalism and radical secularism. Religious
nationalism is a form of militaristic hyperpatriotism that imagines
the United States as a divine instrument in the final showdown
between good and evil. Radical secularists fervently deny the
positive contributions of the Judeo-Christian tradition to the
American project and seek to remove all traces of religious
expression from the public square. Gorski offers an unsparing
critique of both, demonstrating how half a century of culture war
has drowned out the quieter voices of the vital center. American
Covenant makes the compelling case that if we are to rebuild that
vital center, we must recover the civil religious tradition on
which the republic was founded.
The Post-Secular in Question considers whether there has in fact
been a religious resurgence of global dimensions in recent decades.
This collection of original essays by leading academics represents
an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and
ever-transforming discussion of the role of religion and secularism
in today's world. Foregrounding the most urgent and compelling
questions raised by the place of religion in the social sciences,
past and present, The Post-Secular in Question restores religion to
a more central place in social scientific thinking about the world,
helping to move scholarship "beyond unbelief." Contributors:
Courtney Bender, Craig Calhoun, Michele Dillon, Philip S. Gorski,
Richard Madsen, Kathleen Mahoney, Tomoko Masuzawa, Eduardo
Mendieta, John Schmalzbauer, James K. A. Smith, John Torpey, Bryan
S. Turner, Hent de Vries.
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