Taking Faith Seriously / / Brent. Coffin, Mary Jo. Bane, Richard Higgins.

• Übergeordnet: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• TeilnehmendeR: Bane, Mary Jo.,; Coffin, Brent.,; Higgins, Richard,
• Ort / Verlag: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2005
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• Beschreibung: 1 online resource
• Weitere Titel: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Taking Faith Seriously --; PART ONE --; Religious Roots --; The Rise of the Civic Engagement Tradition /; PART TWO --; Faith Communities --; The Catholic Puzzle: Parishes and Civic Life /; H. Richard Niebuhr Meets "The Street" /; Moral Deliberation in Congregations /; Religious Narratives in the Public Square /; PART THREE --; Religion at Large --; Lutheran Social Ministry in Transition: What's Faith Got to Do with It? /; Long-Term Care: Does Religious Affiliation Matter? /; Faith, Practice, and Teens: Evaluating Faith-Based Programs /; God, Abortion, and Democracy in the Pro-Life Movement /; Conclusion: Engaging and Evaluating Religion's Public Roles --; Notes / Bibliography / Contributors / Index --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Contributors --; Index
• Zusammenfassung: Whether simply uneasy or downright hostile, the relation between religion and liberal democracy in this country has long been vexed and complex--and crucial to what America is and aspires to be. Amid increasingly contentious exchanges over fundamentalism, abortion rights, secularism, and pluralism, this book reminds us of the critical role that religion plays in the health and well-being of a democracy.
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674020481; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674020481
• Zugangseinschränkungen: restricted access
• Hierarchiestufe: Monografie
• Verantwortlichkeitsangabe: Brent. Coffin, Mary Jo. Bane, Richard Higgins.

Whether simply uneasy or downright hostile, the relation between religion and liberal democracy in this country has long been vexed and complex--and crucial to what America is and aspires to be. Amid increasingly contentious exchanges over fundamentalism, abortion rights, secularism, and pluralism,...