The religion of democracy: seven liberals and the American moral tradition

Introduction: An American reformation

John Adams, reformation Christian : The Protestant moral ethic and the spirit of independence

Mary Moody Emerson, natural Christian : the culture of lived virtue and the fight against bigotry

William Ellery Channing, practical Christian : universal inner divinity and self-culture

William James, practical idealist : the man of the world and the method of nature

Thomas Davidson, liberal : freedom, fellowship, and the socialization of self-culture

William Mackintire Salter, new liberal : ethical culture and social progress

Jane Addams, social democrat : universal needs and the cooperative road to international peace

Conclusion: An American Century?