RELIGION AS A PUBLIC GOOD by Alan Mittleman (Editor) ( 9780742531253 )

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RELIGION AS A PUBLIC GOOD
JEWS AND OTHER AMERICANS ON RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE

By:

Alan Mittleman (Editor)

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Paperback

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0742531252

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Publisher:

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

Pub. date:

9 December, 2003

Pages:

346

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This book explores the often controversial topic of how religion ought to relate to American public life. The sixteen distinguished contributors, both Jewish and Christian, reflect on the topic out of their own disciplines-which include social ethics, political theory, philosophy, law, history, theology, and sociology.

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Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the Public Square explores the often controversial topic of how religion ought to relate to American public life. The sixteen distinguished contributors, both Jewish and Christian, reflect on the topic out of their own disciplines-social ethics, political theory, philosophy, law, history, theology, and sociology. and take a stand based on their religious convictions and political beliefs. The volume is at once scholarly and committed, polemic and civil, reflective and activist. Written in the shadow of 9/11, it invites a new consideration of how religion enhances democratic public life with full awareness of the dangers that religion can sometimes pose. The volume is polemical, as befits the topic, but also civil, as befits a dialogue about an issue of profound significance for democratic citizenship.

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