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A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality
Cathleen Kaveny
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Description for A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality
Hardback. Focusing on five broad areas of interest - Law as a Teacher, Religious Liberty and Its Limits, Conversations about Culture, Conversations about Belief, and Cases and Controversies, this title demonstrates how thoughtful and purposeful engagement can contribute to rich, constructive, and difficult discussions between moral and cultural traditions. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCC7; HRCM; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 641.
Religious traditions in the United States are characterized by ongoing tension between assimilation to the broader culture, as typified by mainline Protestant churches, and defiant rejection of cultural incursions, as witnessed by more sectarian movements such as Mormonism and Hassidism. However, legal theorist and Catholic theologian Cathleen Kaveny contends there is a third possibility-a culture of engagement-that accommodates and respects tradition. It also recognizes the need to interact with culture to remain relevant and to offer critiques of social, political, legal, and economic practices. Kaveny suggests that rather than avoid the crisscross of the religious and secular spheres of life, ... Read more
Religious traditions in the United States are characterized by ongoing tension between assimilation to the broader culture, as typified by mainline Protestant churches, and defiant rejection of cultural incursions, as witnessed by more sectarian movements such as Mormonism and Hassidism. However, legal theorist and Catholic theologian Cathleen Kaveny contends there is a third possibility-a culture of engagement-that accommodates and respects tradition. It also recognizes the need to interact with culture to remain relevant and to offer critiques of social, political, legal, and economic practices. Kaveny suggests that rather than avoid the crisscross of the religious and secular spheres of life, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Moral Traditions Series
Condition
New
Weight
640g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626163034
SKU
V9781626163034
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About Cathleen Kaveny
Cathleen Kaveny is Darald and Juliet Libby Professor at Boston College, a position that includes appointments in both the department of theology and the law school. She holds a joint PhD/JD from Yale University and is the author of Law's Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society (GUP, 2012). The author of many columns and articles for Newsweek, the ... Read more
Reviews for A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality
Kaveny's prose is clear and concise. . . . This collection of perceptive essays provides insight into how one theologian addresses the complex moral, legal, and political issues of a pluralistic society.
Foreword Reviews Provocative collection.
Reviewer's Bookwatch Kaveny is a skillful teacher. Where something is well known, she moves swiftly from the familiar ... Read more
Foreword Reviews Provocative collection.
Reviewer's Bookwatch Kaveny is a skillful teacher. Where something is well known, she moves swiftly from the familiar ... Read more