Religion Returns to the Public Square

Faith and Policy in America
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7195-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 660 g

Despite talk of a "naked public square," religion has never really lost its place in American public life. As the twenty-first century opened, it was re-emerging in unexpected and paradoxical ways. Religious institutions were considered for expanded roles in welfare and education, at the same time that the limits of religious pluralism—as, for example, in the relation of Islam to American values—became a question of urgent public concern.

Religion Returns to the Public Square;Faith and Policy in America explores how and why religion has to be mixed up with American politics. Uncovering philosophical, historical, legal, and social roots of this relationship, these essays go beyond hot-button issues to reflect on the current interactions and future possibilities of religion and politics in America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heclo, Hugh

Mcclay, Wilfred M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Big Picture
1. An Introduction to Religion and Public Policy
2. Two Concepts of Secularism
3. The Religious Conscience and the State in American Constitutional Law, 1789-2000
4. What is a Public Religion?
Part II: Religion in Political Action5. Faith and Morals: Religion in American Democracy
6. Faith in Politics
7. Mainstream Protestantism, 'Conservative' Religion, and Civil Society D. G. Hart
Part III: Policy Applications8. American Catholicism, Catholic Charities U.S.A., and Welfare Reform
9. Charitable Choice: Bringing Religion Back into American Welfare
10. Public Education Changes Partners
11. With God on Their Side: Religion and American Foreign Policy

Über Autor(innen)

Mcclay, Wilfred M.
Wilfred M. McClay is SunTrust Chair of Excellence in the Humanities and Professor of History at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Both are former Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Heclo, Hugh
Hugh Heclo is Robinson Professor of Public Affairs at George Mason University.

Hugh Heclo is Robinson Professor of Public Affairs at George Mason University. Wilfred M. McClay is SunTrust Chair of Excellence in the Humanities and Professor of History at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Both are former Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.