The Power of Religious Publics
Staking Claims in American Society
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 1999
248 pages
978-0-313-37132-5 (ISBN)
Description
Currently, public religion is in a time of flux and the notion of the common good-once associated with the Protestant voice in America-is openly contested by new religious coalitions seeking to communicate their version of the truth and plant their stake in the public domain. This edited volume reflects on the changing tone and form of the public voice of religion, on its function in American society, and on its relationship to the private world of religion. It proposes that public religion, when exercised in a civil and accountable way, can be a responsible and prophetic voice in public life and enrich the American experiment in liberal democracy. The contributors-first-rate scholars including Martin Marty and Robert Belah-focus on public religion's influence on controversial issues such as multiculturalism, economic inequality, abortion, and homosexuality.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-37132-5 (9780313371325)
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The Power of Religious Publics
Staking Claims in American Society
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Persons
WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR. is Executive Officer of the Association for the Sociology of Religion and of the Religious Research Association. He is the editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society (1998) and the author or editor of numerous scholarly monographs, including Religious Sociology: Interfaces and Boundaries (Greenwood, 1987) and Religious Politics in Global and Comparative Perspective (Greenwood, 1989).
JAMES K. WELLMAN, JR. is a Lecturer in the Comparative Religion Program at the University of Washington. He is a Presbyterian minister and has served churches in Pennsylvania and most recently in Chicago, Illinois. His study of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism, will be published in 1999.
JAMES K. WELLMAN, JR. is a Lecturer in the Comparative Religion Program at the University of Washington. He is a Presbyterian minister and has served churches in Pennsylvania and most recently in Chicago, Illinois. His study of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism, will be published in 1999.
Content
Preface
The Public and the Public's Publics by Martin E. Marty
Can Religion Be Religious in Public? by Phillip Hammond
Public Religion vis-á-vis the Prophetic Role of Religion by James E. Wood, Jr.
Multiculturalism and Public Religion: Is There a Common American Culture? by Robert N. Bellah
Why Study About Religion? The Contribution of the Study of Religion to American Public Life by Jacob Neusner and William Scott Green
Table Manners: Sitting Around the Public Table by Peggy L. Shriver
Public Religion and Economic Inequality by James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle
Religious Identity and Public Discourse: On the Importance of Common Ground in the Public Church by James R. Kelly
Religion Out of the Closet: Public Religion and Homosexuality by James K. Wellman, Jr.
Public Religion and New Religions by James T. Richardson
Public Religion and Hegemony: Contesting the Language of the Common Good by Rhys H. Williams
The Public and the Pubic: Is Nothing Private Any More? by William H. Swatos, Jr.
Selected Bibliography
Index
The Public and the Public's Publics by Martin E. Marty
Can Religion Be Religious in Public? by Phillip Hammond
Public Religion vis-á-vis the Prophetic Role of Religion by James E. Wood, Jr.
Multiculturalism and Public Religion: Is There a Common American Culture? by Robert N. Bellah
Why Study About Religion? The Contribution of the Study of Religion to American Public Life by Jacob Neusner and William Scott Green
Table Manners: Sitting Around the Public Table by Peggy L. Shriver
Public Religion and Economic Inequality by James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle
Religious Identity and Public Discourse: On the Importance of Common Ground in the Public Church by James R. Kelly
Religion Out of the Closet: Public Religion and Homosexuality by James K. Wellman, Jr.
Public Religion and New Religions by James T. Richardson
Public Religion and Hegemony: Contesting the Language of the Common Good by Rhys H. Williams
The Public and the Pubic: Is Nothing Private Any More? by William H. Swatos, Jr.
Selected Bibliography
Index
