Mainline Christians and U.S. public policy
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Glenn H. Utter.
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO; ABC-CLIO Inc
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781598840001; 9781598840018
Subjects: Christianity and politics -- United States; Christianity -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and history : mainline denominations; title: Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA); title: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (PCUSA); title: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA); title: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (CCDC); title: American Baptist Churches in the USA (ABC); title: United Church of Christ (UCC); title: Reformed Church in America (RCA); title: United Methodist Church (UMC); title: Catholic Church; title: National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC); title: Renewal movements; title: Mainline Christian denominations and public policy; title: Problems, controversies, and solutions; title: Sexuality issues within denominations; title: Capital punishment; title: Embryonic stem-cell research; title: End-of-life decisions and the right to die; title: Faith-based initiative; title: Immigration; title: Iraq war; title: Abortion; title: Values and public policy; title: Worldwide perspective; title: England; title: France; title: Germany; title: Italy; title: Poland; title: Sweden; title: Biographical sketches; title: Daniel Berrigan; title: Joan Chittister; title: William Sloane Coffin, Jr.; title: John Clagget Danforth; title: Dorothy Day; title: Robert W. (Bob) Edgar; title: James A. Forbes, Jr.; title: Harry Emerson Fosdick; title: Wesley Granberg-Michaelson; title: Wilton D. Gregory; title: Frank T. Griswold; title: Mark S. Hanson; title: Katharine Jeffers Schori; title: Elizabeth A. Johnson; title: Barry W. Lynn; title: Roger Michael Mahoney; title: Martin E. Marty; title: A. Roy Medley; title: Reinhold Niebuhr; title: Sean Patrick O'Malley; title: Norman Vincent Peale; title: George F. Regas; title: Robert H. Schuller; title: Fulton J. Sheen; title: John Shelby Spong; title: John H. Thomas; title: Sharon E. Watkins; title: Documents and data; title: Data overview of the mainline denominations; title: Documents and quotations; title: Equality and poverty; title: Public schools; title: Mainline political engagement; title: Sexuality issues; title: Immigration; title: Faith-based initiative; title: Iraq War; title: Science; title: Abortion; title: Embryonic stem-cell research; title: End-of-life decisions, the right to die, and euthanasia; title: Environment; title: Death penalty; title: Directory of organizations; title: Selected print and nonprint resources.