Format:
Online-Ressource (xx, 228 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781589010826
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1589010825
Series Statement:
Moral traditions series
Content:
The United States was founded on a commitment to religious tolerance. Based on this commitment, it has become one of the most religiously diverse and religiously observant liberal democracies in the world. Inherent in this political reality is the question, What is the appropriate relationship between religious beliefs and public life? This is not a new question, but in contemporary U.S. politics it has become a particularly insistent one. In this intelligent, wide-ranging book, Kristin Heyer provides new and nuanced answers.Prophetic and Public employs the discourse of public theology to cons
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Public Theology in Contemporary U.S. Civil Society; CHAPTER TWO: Catholic Foundations of Public Theology and Political Participation; CHAPTER THREE: Divergences within American Catholic Social Ethics; CHAPTER FOUR: Catholic Political Advocacy in the Contemporary U.S. Context; CHAPTER FIVE: Catholic Public Theology for the Twenty-first Century; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781589010826
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Prophetic and Public
Language:
English
