
God and Country
America in Red and Blue
Sheila Kennedy(Author)
Baylor University Press
Published on 13. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-932792-99-7 (ISBN)
Description
Americans increasingly think in terms of red and blue. God and Country examines the religious roots of these cultural divisions in American political life. But instead of pitting a people of faith against a secular humanist elite, God and Country helps Americans understand the religious differences that divide, appreciate the public agreements that allow us to live with religious differences, evaluate how existing democratic processes alleviate divisions, and identify ways Americans can agree to disagree.
Reviews / Votes
Kennedy deftly unravels the competing ideologies that keep us talking past one another rather than engage in meaningful conversation. -Randall Balmer, Professor of American Religious History This book is a careful examination of the divisions that affect political discourse in the US today... Recommended. -- CHOICEMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Waco
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-932792-99-7 (9781932792997)
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12/2007
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Person
Sheila Kennedy (J.D. Indiana University School of Law) is Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Content
Acknowledgments
Part I: What is a Paradigm, and Why Does It Matter?
1 Habits of the Mind Thinking in Red and Blue
2 America's Religious Roots
3 A New Paradigm
Part II: The Democratic Dialectic
4 Conflict and Change
5 The Culture War Considered
Part III: Paradigm and Policy: Now You See It, Now You Don't
6 The Usual Suspects
7 Religion, Wealth, and Poverty
8 Religion, Science, and the Environment
9 Sin and Crime
10 God and Country, Us and Them
Part IV: Living Together
11 Living Together
Bibliography
Index
Part I: What is a Paradigm, and Why Does It Matter?
1 Habits of the Mind Thinking in Red and Blue
2 America's Religious Roots
3 A New Paradigm
Part II: The Democratic Dialectic
4 Conflict and Change
5 The Culture War Considered
Part III: Paradigm and Policy: Now You See It, Now You Don't
6 The Usual Suspects
7 Religion, Wealth, and Poverty
8 Religion, Science, and the Environment
9 Sin and Crime
10 God and Country, Us and Them
Part IV: Living Together
11 Living Together
Bibliography
Index