What's God Got To Do With The American Experiment?: Essays on Religion and Politics
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Book Description
More than two hundred years have passed since the Constitution was written, yet Americans still cannot make up their minds whether religion is primarily private, public, or a combination of the two. This collection of essays explores the unsettled-and often unsettling-question of organized religion's role in contemporary public life. Richard N. Ostling reviews religious belief and practice in the United States in a survey of the ever-changing religious landscape, while Robert J. Blendon and others compare the political, moral, and religious values of the 1960s with those of the 1990s. Patrick Glynn and Alan Wolfe examine different religious responses to the recent presidential scandal, and James Q. Wilson, John J. DiIulio Jr., and Ram Cnaan examine the rise of faith-based social programs, including the shift of private funds to social service providers, the role of black churches in the inner city, and social and community work by urban religious congregations. Additional contributors include Taylor Branch, Kurt Schmoke, Cal Thomas, and Peter Wehner, Jim Wallace, Glenn Loury, Richard Parker, and former mayors Steve Goldsmith and Kurt Schmoke.
About the Author
E. J. Dionne Jr. is a senior fellow in the Governmental Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for the Washington Post. John J. DiIulio Jr. is a nonresident senior fellow in the Brookings Governmental Studies program and professor of politics at Princeton University.
What's God Got To Do With The American Experiment?: Essays on Religion and Politics,E. J. Dionne,John J. Diiulio,E.J Dionne Jr,John J. Dilulio Jr.,Brookings Institution Press,0815718691,1960-,Christianity - Christian Life - Political Issues,Christianity and politics,Civics & Citizenship,History,Politics/International Relations,Religion,Religion - Christian Life,Religion - Christian Living,Religion And Politics,Religion, Politics & State,United States
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