Republican theology : the civil religion of American evangelicals
Lynerd, Benjamin TAuthor
Since the founding, American evangelicals have espoused a political theology that sees limited government as a condition for a thriving church and accordingly tilts toward libertarian politics. This 'republican theology', however, also predicates the republic's longevity on the church's capacity to elevate civic virtue, an impulse toward moral activism that often cuts against the libertarian grain. How evangelicals navigate the logic of their civil religion forms the subtext of their participation in American politics.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Since the founding, American evangelicals have espoused a political theology that sees limited government as a condition for a thriving church and accordingly tilts toward libertarian politics. This 'republican theology', however, also predicates the republic's longevity on the church's capacity to elevate civic virtue, an impulse toward moral activism that often cuts against the libertarian grain. How evangelicals navigate the logic of their civil religion forms the subtext of their participation in American politics.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Evangelicalism
Church and state
Christianity and politics
Liberty
Second Great Awakening
Religious right
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Christianity