Krakowskie Studia Mi Dzynarodowe 2009 2

Introduction: Virtus nobilitat Andrzej Bryk: Harvey Mansfield and Virtue in the Arid Land of Modern Liberalism Andrzej Bryk: Whence Virtue? Whence Justice? Whence Morality? America and Modernity Wilfred M. McClay: The Soul of a Nation: American Civil Religion After 9/11 Chantal Delsol: Tocqueville and Pantheism Robert P. Kraynak: The Relation of Christianity and Liberal Democracy in America Gerard V. Bradley: The Audacity of Faith Rogers M. Smith: Religion and America’s Politics of Peoplehood Richard Gamble: Religion and Politics in the Shining City: How the “Winthrop Message” Became the “Reagan Message” Michael Zuckert: Thinkin’ about Lincoln Peter Augustine Lawler: Building Better then They Knew: John Courtney’s Murray’s American, Catholic View of the True Foundation of Our Country Catherine H. Zuckert: Leo Strauss: Fascist, Authoritarian, Imperialist? Mark Blitz: Hegel and Progressivism Jeremy Rabkin: Personal Honor, National Honor and International Justice Hieronim Kubiak: Religious Motivations for Work Ethics. The American Case ARCHIVE Irving Kristol: On the Character of the American Political Order About Authors

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