Faith, morality, and civil society
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Faith, morality, and civil society
(Applications of political theory)
Lexington Books, c2003
- : pbk
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this rich collection of essays, editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. Though the level of religious expression has remained high in the United States, the shift from traditional religious beliefs to a far more individualized style of faith has led many to contend that no faith commitment, collective or personal, should contribute to the vibrancy of a civil democratic society. Challenging those who believe that the private realm is the only appropriate locus of religious belief, the contributors to this volume believe that religion can inform and invigorate the secular institutions of society such as education, economics, and politics. Drawn from a wide variety of religious and moral traditions, these diverse essays show, from many perspectives, the important contribution religion has to make in the public square that is civil society.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Potential for Pluralism: Religious Responses to the Triumph of Theory and Method in American Academia Chapter 3 Neo-Calvinist Social Thought and Civic Education Chapter 4 The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Agrarian Ideal Chapter 5 The Varieties of Democratic Experience Chapter 6 The Changing Landscape of Religion and Politics in America: The 2000 Presidential Elections Chapter 7 Holy Books, Not Pocketbooks: Religious and Cultural Influences on the 2000 Presidential Election Chapter 8 Religious Civility, Civil Society, and Charitable Choice: Faith-Based Poverty Relief in the Post-Welfare Era Chapter 9 Speech, Not Religion: The Dilemma of Religious Conservatives in the Public Square Chapter 10 Faith, Tolerance, and Civil Society Chapter 11 Aliens and Citizens: Competing Models of Political Involvement in Contemporary Christian Social Ethics Chapter 12 Inverted Morality Chapter 13 From Virtues to Values: Some Opening Thoughts
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