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The anxious age : the Post-Protestant ethic and spirit of America / Joseph Bottum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bottum, Joseph
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Church history--20th century.
- United States.
- Church history.
- Christianity and politics--United States--History--20th century.
- Christianity and politics.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 296 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Image Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- In "The Catholic Awakening," Bottum discusses the influence that Catholic beliefs regarding Natural Law philosophy, the just war theory, and the role of politicians in secular democracies have in contemporary American politics and policy.
- Contents:
- Part I The Poster Children and the Protestant Perplex
- 1 The Poster Children 3
- 2 Eliter Than Thou 23
- 3 The Throb of the New Age 37
- 4 Brightest and Best 64
- 5 The End of the Line 81
- 6 Preaching to the Choir 91
- 7 The Road Not Taken 112
- 8 Conclusion: The Erie Canal Thesis 124
- Part II The Swallows of Capistrano and the Catholic Conundrum
- 9 The Mind in the Pews 137
- 10 Speaking Catholic 153
- 11 The Public Role 173
- 12 The Swallows' Departure 195
- 13 The Swallows' Return 216
- 14 John Paul II and the Papal Difference 239
- 15 A Room with a View 257
- 16 Conclusion: American Exceptionalism and American Religion 277.
- ISBN:
- 9780385518819
- 0385518811
- 0385521464
- 9780385521468
- OCLC:
- 150379178
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