Public Vision, Private Lives: Rousseau, Religion, and 21st Century Democracy
- New York Columbia University Press 2007
- 298p
Religion, Democracy, and Modernity: The Case for Progressive Spiritual Democracy From the Garden to the City: The Tragic Passage Nature`s Garden .....35 Revisiting the Garden`s Solitaires .........44 From the Garden to the Blessed Country : The Precarious Passage ..........52 The Rush to Slavery ...........64 The City : Life in the Ousted Conditions ............79 Overcoming moral Evil : Rousseau at the Crossroads ........100 2. Paths to Redemption Reforming the City : The Extreme public Path .......125 Evading the City : The private path ........154 The Mountain Village : The Path to Family , work , community and Love ..........172 Reconciling Citizen and Solitaire: Religious Dimensions of the Middle Way ........187 Residual Conflict : Democracy and Ineluctable Friction ...........214