Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious RightPrinceton University Press, 2009 M10 12 - 264 pages The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social justice, peace, and the environment. In Souled Out, award-winning journalist and commentator E. J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right--and the crude exploitation of faith for political advantage--is over. |
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... argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on principle ... argued many years ago that “the theological enterprise seeks to grasp the problems man faces in this historic ...
... argue in chapter 1, the commotion reflects both a broad renegotiation of religion's role in our public life and a particular political moment when conservative forces set about, with considerable success, to organize religious ...
... arguing against religious engagement in politics found their voices as people of faith insisting on a different interpretation of their traditions, and the scriptures. The era of the religious Right is over. Its collapse is part of a ...
... argued, “the congregation is less aptly characterized as a safe haven” than as “a supplier of religious goods and services.” One may react to these developments in various ways, but this approach to spirituality is anything but ...
... argument with those one might call the neo-atheists. The new atheists—the best known are the writers Sam Harris ... arguments: an era of religiously motivated suicide bombers combined with far less virulent challenges from various forms ...
Contents
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1 Is Religion Conservative or Progressive? Or Both? | 25 |
3 What Are the Values Issues? | 71 |
5 John Paul Benedict and the Catholic Future | 126 |
6 What Happened to the Seamless Garment? | 151 |
7 Solidarity Liberty and Religions True Calling | 183 |
Notes | 205 |
Acknowledgments | 227 |
Index | 235 |
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Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right E. J. Dionne Jr. No preview available - 2009 |