Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xix
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I. From Certainty to Contingency
8. 1. Protestant Self-Assertion and Spiritual Sickness 25
9. 2.Agency and Inquiry After Darwin 59
10. Part II. Religion, the Moral Life, and Democracy
11. 3. Faith and Democratic Piety 105
12. 4. Within the Space of Moral Reflection 145
13. 5. Constraining Elites and Managing Power 191
14. Epilogue 237
15. Notes 245
16. Bibliography 297
17. Index 319