Pews, prayers, and participation
Subtitle: religion and civic responsibility in America
By: Corwin E. Smidt ... [et al.].
Series: Religion and politics
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781589012189; 9781589012172
Subjects: Christianity -- United States; Christianity and politics -- United States
Description: "Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America" offers a fresh approach to key questions about what role religion plays in fostering civic responsibility in contemporary American society. In the course of their study the authors examine whether an individual exhibits a diminished, a privatized, a public, or an integrated form of religious expression, based on the individual's level of participation in both the public (worship) or private (prayer) dimensions of religious life. They question whether the privatization of religious life is counterproductive to engagement in public life, and they show that religion does indeed play a significant role in fostering civic responsibility across each of its particular facets.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Society, civic responsibility, and citizenship; title: Religion in contemporary America; title: Religion and membership in civic associations; title: Religion, volunteering, and philanthropic giving; title: Religion and civic capacities; title: Religion and civic virtues.