Alexis de Tocqueville’sDemocracy In Americais renowned as one of the best examinations of early American society and politics,and remains one of the most mentaries ever written on the practice of democracy in the United States. In this edition of Radio Free Acton, we are joined by John Wilsey,Assistant Professor of History and Christian Apologetics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, to discuss Tocqueville’s masterwork and its continuing relevance for modern America.

We also discuss the work of Tocqueville’s panion, Gustave de Beaumont, who wrote another important work that perhaps should be seen as panion toDemocracy In America: a novel entitledMarie, or Slavery in the United States, which examines the darker side of 1830s America.

Wilsey is also the author of books examining the ideas of “Christian America” and American Exceptionalism, both of which are highly mended:One Nation Under God?: An Evangelical Critique of Christian Americaand American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea.

You can listen to the podcast via the audio player below.