Civil Rights and Liberties in the Vocabulary of the American Founding Chapter

abstract

• Religious sentiment both informs a people's political vocabulary and is informed by their vocabularies. Among other influences, the vocabulary of the American founding was naturally informed by Christian theism. Few dispute that. What this influence was on the development and understanding of American political thought and institutions, however, is a different matter. Sketching a claim to the ongoing importance of that vocabulary in understanding American civil liberties and rights is the concern of this essay.

authors

• Rogers, James

author list (cited authors)

• Rogers, J. R.

editor list (cited editors)

• Palm, D. C.

Book Title

• On Faith and Free Government

publication date

• January 1997

publisher

• Rowman & Littlefield  Publisher

keywords

• Political Science

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0847686035

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780847686032

start page

• 61

end page

• 76