Civil society and religion in A. de Tocqueville
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https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2008.i39.628Keywords:
Tocqueville, Religion, Democracy, Civil society, FreedomAbstract
This article tries to organize and ilustrate Tocqueville’s ideas about the role that religion plays in a democratic society. Among these ideas the one that promotes a tolerant and non-dogmatic cultivation of religion is the most outstanding. According to it religion has through civil society a positive influence on the spirit of democratic freedom.
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