The Civic Life of American Religion - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0804757968 ISBN 13: 9780804757966

Verlag: Stanford University Press, 2008

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"The very fact that this fine volume, edited by Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts, supports such a multidisciplinary dialogue is a testament to its quality and broad utility.Theoretically rich yet eminently accessible, The Civic Life of American Religion offers a bird's-eye view of how leading social scientists conceptualize and react to the public dimensions of American religion." -- Laura R. Olson * Journal of the American Academy of Religion * "The essays, introduction, and conclusion are clearly argued. This book provides not only a good introduction to some of the major themes in the sociological literature, but also a well-formulated challenge for future research on the intersection of religion and civic life." -- Albert Wu * Religious Studies Review * "This important work offers helpful correctives to the overly optimistic idea that more religion in the public sphere will lead to more social connectedness." -- John H. Evans, University of California * San Diego * "A lot of books lately extol the virtues of religion for American civil society. In contrast, this work offers interpretive essays--backed by systematic research--that provide a balanced assessment of both the benefits and drawbacks of religion in civic life, and point out directions for new theoretical and empirical work." -- Rhys Williams * University of Cincinnati *

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Presents lively, research-based essays by premier social scientists on the positive and negative roles of religious groups in American public life.

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• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0804757968
• ISBN 13: 9780804757966
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 178
• Herausgeber: Lichterman Paul, Potts C. Brady