ISBN:
9780691224213
,
0691224218
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 374 pages)
Series Statement:
Studies in church and state
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wuthnow, Robert The Restructuring of American Religion
DDC:
306/.6/0973
Keywords:
University of South Alabama
;
Church and state
;
Church and state
;
Religion
;
Gesellschaft
;
Religion
;
Kerk en maatschappij
;
United States Religion 1945-
;
United States
;
USA
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Foreword --Preface --CHAPTER 1:Thequestion of restructuring --CHAPTER 2:Heritage and vision --CHAPTER 3:Avision of promise and peril --CHAPTER 4:Conscience and conviction in public life --CHAPTER 5:Thedeclining significance of denominationalism --CHAPTER 6:Thegrowth of special purpose groups --CHAPTER 7:Thegreat divide: toward religious realignment --CHAPTER 8:Mobilization on the right --CHAPTER 9:Fueling the tensions --CHAPTER 10:Civil religion: two cheers for America --CHAPTER 11:From civil religion to technological legitimacy --CHAPTER 12:Abroader context: politics and faith --Notes --Selected bibliography --Index.
Abstract:
A study of developments in modern American religion examines the interaction between religion and politics that has occurred in the years since World War II, the polarization of religious dogma and the rise of special interest groups
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) and index
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