The civic life of American religion
By: edited by Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts.
Contributors: Potts, C. Brady
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780804757959; 9780804757966
Subjects: Religion and civil society -- United States; Religion and sociology -- United States; Voluntarism -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The civic life of American religion : an introductory statement / Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts; title: The varieties of civic experience / Michael Schudson; title: Congregations and civic life / Nancy Ammerman; title: Congregations' significance to American civic life / Mark Chaves; title: Beyond savior, victim, and sinner : neighborhood civic life and "absent presence" in the religious district / Omar McRoberts; title: How religion circulates in America's local public square / Paul Lichterman; title: A tacit sense of evil? The meaning of politics in United Methodist debates over homosexuality / Dawne Moon; title: Conclusion : rethinking religion's civic life / Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts.