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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Ideology, Religion and Idolatry | |
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Politics and Ideas | |
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History and Definitions | |
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Ideology in Christian Perspective | |
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Preconditions for the Rise of Ideologies | |
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Ideology as Religious: Toward a Definition | |
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The Classification of Ideologies: Left and Right | |
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Discerning the Spirits in the Ideologies | |
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Liberalism: The Sovereignty of the Individual | |
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The Meanings of Liberalism | |
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The Liberal Creed | |
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Late Liberalism and the Expansion of the State | |
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The Right and the Good: Subsidizing Choices | |
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The Spiritually Vacant State: The Privatization of Ultimate Belief | |
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Sin and Salvation in Liberalism | |
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Conservatism: History as Source of Norms | |
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Babies and Bathwater: The Conservative Creed | |
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The Grass Is Greener on Our Side | |
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Which Traditions and When? | |
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Conservatism and Christianity | |
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Conservatism and the State | |
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Nationalism: The Nation Deified | |
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A Creed for a Century | |
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Civic and Ethnic Nationalisms: State Versus Tribe | |
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The Nationalist View of the State | |
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Patriotic Loyalty: A Modest Devotion | |
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Christians and Nationalism | |
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Democracy: Vox Populi Vox Dei | |
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Structure and Creed | |
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From Liberalism to Democracy | |
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The Majoritarian and Totalitarian Temptations | |
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Democratization Without Limits | |
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Creed and Structure Revisited: Direct Versus Representative Democracy | |
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Representation: Followership or Leadership? | |
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Democracy and Justice: A Final Assessment | |
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Socialism: Common Ownership as Salvific | |
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A World of Socialisms | |
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A Transformative Vision | |
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From Democracy to Socialism | |
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Common Ownership and Socialist Ideology | |
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Means and Ends: Equality and How to Get There | |
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The Marxian Vision and Marxism | |
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Fair Distribution of Economic Resources | |
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Transcending the Ideologies: Affirming Societal Pluriformity | |
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A Biblical Christian Response | |
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A Christian Worldview: Creation, Fall and Redemption | |
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Creation Order: Misconceptions Dispelled | |
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Discerning the Spirits: Pluralisms and Pluriformity | |
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Toward a Nonideological Alternative: Two Historic Christian Approaches | |
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The Role of Catholic Social Teachings | |
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The Principle of Subsidiarity: Affirming Civil Society | |
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The Reformation: Calvin and Althusius | |
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Developments in the Netherlands: Groen and Kuyper | |
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Sovereignty in Its Own Sphere: A Nonhierarchical Affirmation of Civil Society | |
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Dooyeweerd's Contribution | |
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The State and Its Task: Doing Justice in God's World | |
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Justice and Differentiated Responsibility | |
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Justice and the State | |
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Epilogue: Toward the Future | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |