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- Progressive Challenges to the American ConstitutionA New Republic
- Progressive Challenges to the American Constitution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Contested Constitutionalism and the Election of 1912
- Part II The Political Philosophy of Progressivism
- Part III The Political Theory of the Progressive State
- 5 Progressivism, the Social Sciences, and the Rational State
- 6 Making the State into a God: American Progressivism and the Social Gospel
- 7 Progressivism, Social Science, and Catholic Social Teaching in the Building of the American Welfare State
- Part IV The Progressive Presidency
- Part V The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Future of the Constitution
- Index
6 - Making the State into a God: American Progressivism and the Social Gospel
from Part III - The Political Theory of the Progressive State
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Book contents
- Progressive Challenges to the American ConstitutionA New Republic
- Progressive Challenges to the American Constitution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Contested Constitutionalism and the Election of 1912
- Part II The Political Philosophy of Progressivism
- Part III The Political Theory of the Progressive State
- 5 Progressivism, the Social Sciences, and the Rational State
- 6 Making the State into a God: American Progressivism and the Social Gospel
- 7 Progressivism, Social Science, and Catholic Social Teaching in the Building of the American Welfare State
- Part IV The Progressive Presidency
- Part V The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Future of the Constitution
- Index
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- Progressive Challenges to the American ConstitutionA New Republic, pp. 144 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017