Christianity and civil society
Subtitle: the contemporary debate
By: Robert Wuthnow.
Series: The Rockwell lecture series; Rockwell lecture series (Valley Forge, Pa.)
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Valley Forge, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Church and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Church and social problems -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Church history -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: In this book, well-known author Robert Wuthnow considers three aspects of the relationship between Christianity and civil society: whether civil society is in jeopardy and what effects Christianity's declining influence has on civil society; whether Christians can be civil in the face of conflicts that have arisen among religious groups in the public arena and the so-called culture wars that many in the media have been discussing; and growing multiculturalism in the.

United States, how Christians are responding to this new diversity, and how Christianity can regain a critical voice for itself in these debates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.