Uncivil Religion
Author | : Robert Neelly Bellah |
Publisher | : Crossroad Publishing |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert Neelly Bellah |
Publisher | : Crossroad Publishing |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lilliana Mason |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2018-04-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 022652468X |
The psychology behind political partisanship: “The kind of research that will change not just how you think about the world but how you think about yourself.” —Ezra Klein, Vox Political polarization in America has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. For the first time in decades, research has shown that members of both parties hold strongly unfavorable views of their opponents. This is polarization rooted in social identity, and it is growing. The campaign and election of Donald Trump laid bare this fact of the American electorate, its successful rhetoric of “us versus them” tapping into a powerful current of anger and resentment. With Uncivil Agreement, Lilliana Mason looks at the growing social gulf across racial, religious, and cultural lines, which have recently come to divide neatly between the two major political parties. She argues that group identifications have changed the way we think and feel about ourselves and our opponents. Even when Democrats and Republicans can agree on policy outcomes, they tend to view one other with distrust and to work for party victory over all else. Although the polarizing effects of social divisions have simplified our electoral choices and increased political engagement, they have not been a force that is, on balance, helpful for American democracy. Bringing together theory from political science and social psychology, Uncivil Agreement clearly describes this increasingly “social” type of polarization, and adds much to our understanding of contemporary politics.
Author | : Robert Detweiler |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780252065804 |
Author | : Richard J. Mouw |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2011-08-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830869069 |
Can Christians act like Christians even when they disagree? In these wild and diverse times, right and left battle over the airwaves, prolifers square off against prochoicers, gay liberationists confront champions of the traditional family, artists and legislators tangle, even Christians fight other Christians whose doctrines aren't "just so." Richard Mouw has been actively forging a model of Christian civil conversation with those we might disagree with—atheists, Muslims, gay activists and more. He is concerned that, too often, Christians have contributed more to the problem than to the solution. But he recognizes—from his dialogues with those from many perspectives—that it's not easy to hold to Christian convictions and treat sometimes vindictive opponents with civility and decency. Few if any people in the evangelical world have conversed as widely and sensitively as Mouw. So few can write more wisely or helpfully than Mouw does here about what Christians can appreciate about pluralism, the theological basis for civility, and how we can communicate with people who disagree with us on the issues that matter most.
Author | : Adam/ G. Mersereau |
Publisher | : Bridge-Logos |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780882704265 |
This book's timing is perfect for today's Christian. The author deals with real world issues every Christian is facing. A great read!
Author | : John Corrigan |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2019-11-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1469655632 |
The story of religion in America is one of unparalleled diversity and protection of the religious rights of individuals. But that story is a muddied one. This new and expanded edition of a classroom favorite tells a jolting history—illuminated by historical texts, pictures, songs, cartoons, letters, and even t-shirts—of how our society has been and continues to be replete with religious intolerance. It powerfully reveals the narrow gap between intolerance and violence in America. The second edition contains a new chapter on Islamophobia and adds fresh material on the Christian persecution complex, white supremacy and other race-related issues, sexuality, and the role played by social media. John Corrigan and Lynn S. Neal's overarching narrative weaves together a rich, compelling array of textual and visual materials. Arranged thematically, each chapter provides a broad historical background, and each document or cluster of related documents is entwined in context as a discussion of the issues unfolds. The need for this book has only increased in the midst of today's raging conflicts about immigration, terrorism, race, religious freedom, and patriotism.
Author | : Ulrich Schmiedel |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2018-02-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3319679619 |
This book explores the roles of religion in the current refugee crisis of Europe. Combining sociological, philosophical, and theological accounts of this crisis, renowned scholars from across Europe examine how religion has been employed to call either for eliminating or for enforcing the walls around “Fortress Europe.” Religion, they argue, is radically ambiguous, simultaneously causing social conflict and social cohesion in times of turmoil. Charting the constellations, the conflicts, and the consequences of the current refugee crisis, this book thus answers the need for succinct but sustained accounts of the intersections of religion and migration.
Author | : Timothy L. Hall |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 1438108125 |
Presents an overview of the history of religion in America and includes excerpts from primary source documents, short biographies of influential people, and more.
Author | : Jeffrey Kaplan |
Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780815603962 |
The burning in Waco of the Branch Davidian compound and the Oklahoma City bombing have heightened fear of American extremist groups. Jeffrey Kaplan combines interviews, correspondence, and publications not hitherto accessible to examine the cultic milieu in which these religious movements exist. Kaplan discusses several radical belief systems, but concentrates on three of the more prominent groups. They include the Christian Identity, whose members believe they are the true Aryan descendants of Israeli biblical tribes; Odinism and the related Asatru movement, which attempts to reconstruct the practices of Norse-Germanic paganism; and B'bai Noah, the anti-Christian movement in favor of God's covenant with Noah. To explain the existence and durability of religious cults, he applies the philosophy of Colin Campbell. From Martin Marty, he employs the mapping theory to place the movements in the sphere of American spirituality. His work details how the groups interact, the internal organizational friction, and how the private anti-cult groups—the Anti-Defamation League, Klanwatch, and Cult Awareness Network—monitor the activity of the movements. He argues that right-wing violence is primarily an impulsive act carried out by part-time revolutionaries against convenient targets or against that which represents change in the status quo. Thought provoking in his analysis, Kaplan lays bare the issues for current debate—how sectarian organizations, far outside the mainstream of American religious life, pose a significant challenge to prevailing conceptions of the First Amendment. He questions the extent to which even the most antagonistic and despised groups can carry out fanatical actions and still benefit from such protection.
Author | : Michael J. Gorman |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1606085603 |
This volume deals with the varied forms of shame reflected in biblical, theological, psychological and anthropological sources. Although traditional theology and church practice concentrate on providing forgiveness for shameful behavior, recent scholarship has discovered the crucial relevance of social shame evoked by mental status, adversity, slavery, abuse, illness, grief and defeat. Anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists have discovered that unresolved social shame is related to racial and social prejudice, to bullying, crime, genocide, narcissism, post-traumatic stress and other forms of toxic behavior. Eleven leaders in this research participated in a conference on The Shame Factor, sponsored by St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln, NE in October 2010. Their essays explore the impact and the transformation of shame in a variety of arenas, comprising in this volume a unique and innovative resource for contemporary religion, therapy, ethics, and social analysis.