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Religion, Politics and the American Experience: Reflections on Religion and American Public Life (Religion & American Culture)
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Hardcover. This collection of essays offers a refreshing approach to the troubling subject of religion and public policy in America, and the ways in which issues of church and state affect the national identity of the American people. Editor(s): Blumhofer, Edith L. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRA; HRC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
This challenging collection of essays offers a refreshing approach to the troubling--and timely--subject of religion and public policy in America, and the ways in which issues of church and state affect our national identity. The result of a series of conferences on religion and politics conducted by the Public Religion project at the University of Chicago, funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trust, this collection brings together an extraordinarily diverse set of contributors. Represented within its pages are the ideas and opinions of scholars, politicians, and religious leaders with backgrounds in law, politics, history, and divinity, among them ... Read more
This challenging collection of essays offers a refreshing approach to the troubling--and timely--subject of religion and public policy in America, and the ways in which issues of church and state affect our national identity. The result of a series of conferences on religion and politics conducted by the Public Religion project at the University of Chicago, funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trust, this collection brings together an extraordinarily diverse set of contributors. Represented within its pages are the ideas and opinions of scholars, politicians, and religious leaders with backgrounds in law, politics, history, and divinity, among them ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817311162
SKU
V9780817311162
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99-15
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Edith Blumhofer is Director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College in Illinois and former Associate Director of the Public Religion Project. Martin Marty is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, and former Director of the Public Religion Project.
Reviews for Religion, Politics and the American Experience: Reflections on Religion and American Public Life (Religion & American Culture)
"This is one of the most intriguing collections I've encountered in some time.... I believe the strength of the essays lies in the diverse backgrounds and perspectives brought by the contributors." - James R. Goff Jr., author of Fields White Unto Harvest: Charles F. Parham and the Missionary Origins of Pentecostalism