Faith, Morality, and Civil SocietyDale McConkey, Peter Augustine Lawler In this rich collection of essays, editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. Though the level of religious expression has remained high in the United States, the shift from traditional religious beliefs to a far more individualized style of faith has led many to contend that no faith commitment, collective or personal, should contribute to the vibrancy of a civil democratic society. Challenging those who believe that the private realm is the only appropriate locus of religious belief, the contributors to this volume believe that religion can inform and invigorate the secular institutions of society such as education, economics, and politics. Drawn from a wide variety of religious and moral traditions, these diverse essays show, from many perspectives, the important contribution religion has to make in the public square that is civil society. |
Contents
The Potential for Pluralism Religious Responses to the Triumph of Theory and Method in American Academic Culture1 | 1 |
NeoCalvinist Social Thought and Civic Education | 17 |
The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Agrarian Ideal | 37 |
The Varieties of Democratic Experience | 65 |
The Changing Landscape of Religion and Politics in America The 2000 Presidential Election | 87 |
Holy Books Not Pocketbooks Religious and Cultural Influences on the 2000 Presidential Election | 105 |
Religious Civility Civil Society and Charitable Choice FaithBased Poverty Relief in the PostWelfare Era | 127 |
Speech Not Religion The Dilemma of Religious Conservatives in the Public Square | 145 |
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