211: Tocqueville - Life is neither a pleasure nor a sorrow

Faith in What? Faith in Who? In this episode, we read Robert J. Delahunty’s article about Alex de Tocqueville’s faith. Tocqueville is a remarkable study in Enlightenment faith because he straddles the line between Christianity and the Enlightenment: Law and religion, belief and despair that concerns the relationships between Church and State in the United States and France.

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Tocqueville’s Faith https://lawandreligionforum.org/2013/08/01/tocquevilles-faith-2/

Democracy in America http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/LojkoMiklos/Alexis-de-Tocqueville-Democracy-in-America.pdf

Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville

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