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America
abuse of power, 8, 31, 47, 56-57, 72-73, 78, 80-81, 90, 92, 94, 104-105, 114, 117, 135, 146, 151-152, 163, 170-171, 197, 199-200, 212-213, 216, 230-232, 237-238, 240-241, 247, 252-253, 255, 265, 269-270, 272-273, 274-275, 280
hypocrisy, 4, 13-14, 45-46, 52, 78-79, 121, 135-136, 147, 153, 201, 217-218, 232-233, 253, 267-268
renewal of freedom, 3, 11, 15-17, 22, 37, 53, 62, 64, 101, 116, 254, 268, 280-284
American exceptionalism, 59
American experiment/project, x, 2-5, 14-15, 17, 30, 47, 52, 59-63, 65, 76, 109, 124, 132, 137-138, 154, 171, 173-174, 177-178, 184, 186, 196, 208, 223, 225, 229, 234, 240-241, 247, 264-266, 252, 267-268, 275, 277, 282-284
ancient liberties of the English, 19-21, 23, 222
atheism, 134-135, 160-161, 173, 187, 267, 272
Athens, xvi, 13, 16, 21, 23, 25-26, 62, 77-78, 119, 130-131, 171, 173, 212-213, 273-274
authoritarianism, 6, 39, 87, 104, 110, 218
checks and balances, 52, 117, 120, 171, 200-201, 213, 216, 237, 272
chutes and ladders, 76, 92, 183, 201
civil public square, 30, 143, 161-163, 165-167, 177-178
Civil War, xi, 1, 11-12, 62, 101, 116, 124, 150
communism, 7, 24, 106, 149, 161-162, 222, 229, 235, 242
anti, 254
constitutionalism, 23-24, 26, 36-37, 43-44, 269, 280
covenantal (constitutional) republicanism, 32-33, 268
covenantalism, 24-34, 36-45, 53, 60-61, 114, 162, 196, 200, 244-245, 265, 270, 272, 280-283
cut-flower syndrome, 174, 176, 184, 268-271, 275
direct democracy, 21, 212-213, 215, 217
Enlightenment, 24, 49, 75, 90, 119, 134, 150, 178, 199-200, 223, 241, 249
Exodus (book), vii, xvi, 22, 23, 41, 196-197
exodus (from Egypt), 21-23, 41, 60, 84, 91, 107, 196, 271
external freedom, 81-84, 88-89, 94, 97
extremism
freedom of religion and conscience, 35, 84-85, 141, 143-147, 149-152, 154-156, 161-162, 164, 166, 172, 178-179, 202, 251, 267
golden triangle of freedom/liberty, 118, 120, 122-126, 129, 132, 137, 139-140, 171, 272, 274
identity politics, 203, 224, 226-229, 233, 239, 257, 276
illiberal liberalism, 160, 234
illiberalism, 138, 146-147, 149, 151, 176, 180, 203, 208, 227, 232, 240
individualism, 30, 32, 39, 63, 81-82, 89, 96, 104, 224
internal freedom, 81-84, 88-89, 94, 97
Islam, 7, 26, 73, 79, 110, 138, 146-147, 157-158, 160, 166, 173, 178, 192, 231, 235
Judaism, 30, 82, 100, 139, 146, 149, 150, 178, 184, 192-194
Jewish and Christian faiths, 4, 35, 41, 47-48, 75, 89, 92, 133, 176, 184, 186, 188, 192-195, 197-199, 202, 230, 232, 237, 242, 248, 251, 263, 266, 269-270, 277
Left, 1, 3, 4, 7, 12, 39, 41, 44, 46-48, 51-52, 57, 84, 142, 149, 151, 153-154, 162, 174, 178, 200-201, 211-212, 226, 230-232, 234, 250, 254, 261, 263, 272, 277
liberalism, 3-4, 46, 48, 73, 77, 85, 144, 149, 150-151, 189, 203, 208, 211-212, 227, 234
Marxism, 49, 51, 110, 149, 242
multiculturalism, 165-166, 222, 224-229, 257
naked public square, 157, 161-162, 166-167, 174, 177
negative freedom, 85-90, 93-97, 103, 108, 130-131, 188, 209
nomocracy, 26
paradox of freedom, 13, 69, 99-101, 103-111, 140, 201, 244, 264, 272, 280
political correctness, 44, 51, 85, 105, 111, 142, 202-203, 208, 229-234, 257, 275
political revolution, 241-242, 260
positive freedom, 86-90, 93-94, 96-97, 105, 108, 130-131, 188, 209, 275
post-truth world, 8, 56-57, 70, 72-73, 80-81, 87-88, 170-171, 173-174, 205, 229, 253, 255, 269, 275, 277
promise keeping, 40, 42-43, 68-70, 281
reciprocal responsibility, 28-30, 52, 114, 225
Reformation, 24, 33-34, 36, 39, 197, 209, 218
Renaissance, xiv, 20, 34, 42, 119
representative democracy, 131, 213, 217
revolution
American, 3-4, 23, 26, 35, 40, 59, 89, 91-92, 114, 130, 133, 213, 228, 240, 269-271
English, 91
French, 3-4, 26, 38, 89, 91-92, 100, 109, 135, 150, 211, 223, 229, 240-242, 244, 269
sexual, 28, 46, 73, 79, 92, 95, 146-147, 151-152, 164, 200, 235, 240-243, 245-257, 276
Right, 1, 7, 12, 19, 39, 162, 226, 231, 263
rival views of freedom (1776 and 1789), 3-5, 7, 10, 14-15, 17, 22-23, 28, 40, 45-46, 48, 51, 73, 76, 79, 89-92, 97, 105, 174, 179, 196, 208, 219, 221-223, 229, 231, 234, 237, 239-240, 247, 256-257, 261-264, 269-270, 272, 284
Rules for Radicals, 2, 55, 237
sacred public square, 157-158, 161-162, 166-167
sea change, 35, 143-144, 153-154
exhaustion, 153
Sinai
social constructionism, 96, 235-240, 251, 263, 276-278
Soviet Union, 11, 51, 108, 173, 177, 222, 244, 250, 256, 267
spirit of freedom, x, 101-102, 114, 139
theocracy, 26
Torah, 26, 29, 34, 50, 60, 82-83, 106, 193
Tower of Babel, 41, 198, 236-238, 276, 278
tribalism, 29, 224, 226, 228-229