Democracy in America Today: Preface to the 2007 Edition of Habits of the Heart

In Habits of the Heart we draw heavily from Tocqueville's Democracy in America, a book that went far in making democracy a good word.1 It is worth remembering that, in most of western history, democracy was thought to be a bad form of government, quite different from a republic, which was usual...

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Published in:Sociology of religion 2007-06, Vol.68 (2), p.213-217
Main Authors: Bellah, Robert N., Madsen, Richard, Sullivan, William M., Swidler, Ann, Tipton, Steven M.
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Christianity
Commitment
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History
Income distribution
Individualism
Politics
Religiosity
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Religious influences
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