Religion, democracy, and modernity : the case for progressive spiritual democracy
Preparing for the journey : an introduction
I. From the garden to the city : the tragic passage. Nature's garden ; Revisiting the garden's solitaires ; From the garden to the blessed country : the precarious passage ; The rush to slavery
The city : life in the ousted condition ; Overcoming moral evil : Rousseau at the crossroads
II. Paths to redemption. Reforming the city : the extreme public path ; Evading the city : the private path ; The mountain village : the path to family, work, community, and love ; Reconciling citizen and solitaire : religious dimensions of the middle way ; Residual conflict : democracy and ineluctable friction
A way forward : Rousseau and 21st-century democracy.
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Public vision, private lives : Rousseau, religion, and 21st-century democracy by Mark Sydney Cladis. ISBN 9780231139694. Published by Columbia University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
