The Power of Religious Publics: Staking Claims in American Society: Religion in the Age of Transformation
Autor William H. Swatos Jr., James K. Wellmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 aug 1999 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780275964788
ISBN-10: 0275964787
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Religion in the Age of Transformation
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0275964787
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Religion in the Age of Transformation
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR. is Executive Officer of the Association for the Sociology of Religion and of the Religious Research Association. He is the editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society (1998) and the author or editor of numerous scholarly monographs, including Religious Sociology: Interfaces and Boundaries (Greenwood, 1987) and Religious Politics in Global and Comparative Perspective (Greenwood, 1989).JAMES K. WELLMAN, JR. is a Lecturer in the Comparative Religion Program at the University of Washington. He is a Presbyterian minister and has served churches in Pennsylvania and most recently in Chicago, Illinois. His study of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto: Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism, will be published in 1999.
Cuprins
PrefaceThe Public and the Public's Publics by Martin E. MartyCan Religion Be Religious in Public? by Phillip HammondPublic Religion vis-á-vis the Prophetic Role of Religion by James E. Wood, Jr.Multiculturalism and Public Religion: Is There a Common American Culture? by Robert N. BellahWhy Study About Religion? The Contribution of the Study of Religion to American Public Life by Jacob Neusner and William Scott GreenTable Manners: Sitting Around the Public Table by Peggy L. ShriverPublic Religion and Economic Inequality by James D. Davidson and Ralph E. PyleReligious Identity and Public Discourse: On the Importance of Common Ground in the Public Church by James R. KellyReligion Out of the Closet: Public Religion and Homosexuality by James K. Wellman, Jr.Public Religion and New Religions by James T. RichardsonPublic Religion and Hegemony: Contesting the Language of the Common Good by Rhys H. WilliamsThe Public and the Pubic: Is Nothing Private Any More? by William H. Swatos, Jr.Selected BibliographyIndex
Recenzii
This is a thought-provoking book..[U]seful in graduate classes on organizational theory and, of course, religion. General Rev Srce Contemporary Sociology.
The essays in the collection are accessible and well written, and reflect the level of scholarship brought by the contributing authors. [T]he collection is a pleasure to read, and provides much food for thought about the ramifications of religion engaged in the world. An important subject for anyone interested in the life and interaction of religious bodies, this collection will also provide those engaged in public life religious communities much to think about.
The essays in the collection are accessible and well written, and reflect the level of scholarship brought by the contributing authors. [T]he collection is a pleasure to read, and provides much food for thought about the ramifications of religion engaged in the world. An important subject for anyone interested in the life and interaction of religious bodies, this collection will also provide those engaged in public life religious communities much to think about.