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Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy (Twentieth Century Fund Book)
Ronald F. Thiemann
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Description for Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy (Twentieth Century Fund Book)
Paperback. Prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights - these divisive issues dominate American politics, revealing deep disagreements over basic moral values. This title explores the proper role of religious convictions in American public life. It proposes that religion can and should play an active, positive part in our society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; HRCM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
Prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights - these bitterly divisive issues dominate American politics today, revealing deep disagreements over basic moral values. In a highly readable account that draws on legal arguments, political theory, and philosophy, Ronald F. Thiemann explores the proper role of religious convictions in American public life. He proposes that religion can and should play an active, positive part in our society even as it maintains a fundamental commitment to pluralist, democratic values. Arguing that both increased secularism and growing religious diversity since the 1960s have fragmented commonly held values, Thiemann observes that there ... Read more
Prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights - these bitterly divisive issues dominate American politics today, revealing deep disagreements over basic moral values. In a highly readable account that draws on legal arguments, political theory, and philosophy, Ronald F. Thiemann explores the proper role of religious convictions in American public life. He proposes that religion can and should play an active, positive part in our society even as it maintains a fundamental commitment to pluralist, democratic values. Arguing that both increased secularism and growing religious diversity since the 1960s have fragmented commonly held values, Thiemann observes that there ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878406104
SKU
V9780878406104
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About Ronald F. Thiemann
Ronald F. Thiemann is a professor of Theology and of Religion & Society at Harvard Divinity School. He is author of Toward an American Public Theology: The Church in a Pluralistic Culture (Westminster-John Knox Press, 1991) and Revelation and Theology: The Gospel as Narrated Promise (University of Notre Dame Press, 1985).
Reviews for Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy (Twentieth Century Fund Book)
Rich in probing distinctions and fresh terms for improving the precision of public debate over the separations and relations of religion and politics in modern America. Theology Today