Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer - Hardcover

Wilsey, John D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802881904 ISBN 13: 9780802881908

Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co, 2025

Synopsis

A conservative perspective on vital questions about religious liberty
 
In this timely book, historian John D. Wilsey addresses urgent questions about religious freedom in America. How have conservatives historically understood the meaning of religious freedom? How do Americans who identify as conservatives think about religious freedom in contemporary times? What are the differences between the historical and contemporary views, and why do those differences matter in the context of how conflicts relating to religious freedom are being handled today?
 
Writing for fellow Americans concerned about threats to religious liberty, Wilsey draws on US history to explain why rather than weaponizing religious freedom in the context of the culture wars, today’s conservatives need to rally around religious freedom in order to increase harmony between the interests of church and state. With wisdom and acuity, Wilsey charts a path forward for thinking about and maintaining a uniquely American tradition: the harmony between liberty and religion that each generation has received as an inheritance from the generations preceding theirs.

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About the Author

John D. Wilsey is professor of church history and chair of the Department of Church History and Historical Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also a research fellow with the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy. His publications include American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea, God's Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles, and Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802881904
• ISBN 13: 9780802881908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288