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Andrew R. Murphy
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BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Rutgers University. Author of Conscience and Community and Prodigal Nation and editor of The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Political Theory (2010) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)
Understanding John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration
toleration
Toleration, a refusal to impose punitive sanctions for dissent from prevailing norms or policies or a deliberate choice not to interfere with behaviour of which one disapproves. Toleration may be exhibited by individuals, communities, or governments, and for a variety of reasons. One can find…
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Publications (3)
Prodigal Nation Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11
Prodigal Nation Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 (November 2010)
By Andrew R. Murphy
"Original and wide-ranging, Murphy's discerning and important study is another reminder that America is 'the nation with the soul of a church.'" -Journal of American History "A wide-ranging and thoughtful meditation on how the theo-political stories we Americans tell ourselves resonate with and sometimes even create the communities we inhabit. This book deserves an honored place among the oeuvre of work by political scientists and historians on the jeremiad." -- Politics and Religion "A significant...
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Encyclopedia of Political Theory A - E
Encyclopedia of Political Theory A - E (March 2010)
By Mark Bevir

For a free 30-day online trial to this title, visit https://us.sagepub.com/freetrial

How do we arrange our collective affairs? Why do we live together in the ways we do? How ought we to live together? All humans think about the world they live in, its history and future, and the ideals by which they want to live in relation to others. How we think today decisively influences the world of tomorrow. This encyclopedia attempts to bring greater clarity and understanding to political...

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Conscience and Community Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America
Conscience and Community Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America (August 2003)
By Andrew R. Murphy

Religious toleration appears near the top of any short list of core liberal democratic values. Theorists from John Locke to John Rawls emphasize important interconnections between the principles of toleration, constitutional government, and the rule of law. Conscience and Community revisits the historical emergence of religious liberty in the Anglo-American tradition, looking deeper than the traditional emergence of toleration to find not a series of self-evident or logically connected expansions...

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