Meaning and Modernity : Religion, Polity and Self

Deepening and developing the seminal vision of "Habits of the Heart" (California, 1985), this volume presents original essays by leading thinkers in the social sciences, philosophy and religion.

It covers such issues as how Calvinism contributed to political revolution, why democracies require an enlarged sense of political community, how the religious foundations of Japan and the United states differ and what it means to be a Christian and an American.