Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in America (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 408 pages
• Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press January 29, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0801871956
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0801871955
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Review


"The authors span the political and religious spectrum This well-documented collection demonstrates that a secular state can thrive even when its citizenry is deeply committed religiously, albeit to diverse ways of being religious. This book will be valuable to those interested in the role of religion in public life, in both historical and contemporary terms." -- Choice



"These essays, written by experts of all faiths, offer informative insights and even inspiration." -- Robert F. Drinan, America



"The contributors here are the right people to push a diverse debate." -- Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology



"A very fine collection of essays by scholars on differing aspects of religion's public presence If you want to read one volume on the role of religion in public life, this is the current front-runner." -- Virginia Quarterly Review



"This impressive study is grounded on the premise that religion is inevitably public in a political sense must be only the beginning of the never-ending quest to discover the answer to a burning question, which is likely to be the foremost issue facing the American nation in the years to come." -- Robert F. Drinan, America



"This thoughtful book makes a large contribution toward bestirring the hostile and the indifferent to the intellectual power and seriousness of what José Casanova calls 'public religion' If you believe, as I do, that we are at a new stage in our great national debate over religious liberty, these essays provide an immensely useful step forward." -- from the foreword by E.J. Dionne Jr.



"The contributors comprise a truly dazzling array of talent. They are precisely the ones one would want to read for insight into the difficult but crucial questions regarding the relationship between religion and public policy." -- Marc Landy, Boston College

Product Review


"This thoughtful book makes a large contribution toward bestirring the hostile and the indifferent to the intellectual power and seriousness of what José Casanova calls 'public religion' If you believe, as I do, that we are at a new stage in our great national debate over religious liberty, these essays provide an immensely useful step forward." -- from the foreword by E.J. Dionne Jr. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.