The political pulpit revisited / [edited] by Roderick P. Hart and John L. Pauley II.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, Roderick P.

Pauley, John Lester, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--United States.

Church and state.

United States--Religion--1945-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Political Pulpit Revisited examines a set of arguments originally made in 1975 about church-state relations in the U.S. Scholars have long wondered how a nation of some two thousand different religious denominations has been able to remain relatively calm about such matters. Controversial issues like abortion rights, war-time pacifism, sanctuary for illegal aliens, clerical abuse of children, non-taxation of church property, and other matters con-tinually roil the political waters. The first edition describes how church and state tensions are worked out symbolically rather than coercively, legally, or economically. The Political Pulpit Revisited updates church/state arguments and then offers reflections by eight distinguished scholars who re-examine the relationship in light of recent events. The result is a fresh look at the American experiment in those relations and what it portends for the U.S. in the years ahead.

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Unit 1""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Unit 2""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Unit 3""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Chapter 12""; ""Chapter 13""; ""Chapter 14""; ""Unit 4""; ""Chapter 15""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Political pulpit. 1977.

Previous edition entered under Hart, Roderick P.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-232) and index.

Contains:

Hart, Roderick P. Political pulpit.

ISBN:

1-4237-3276-6

OCLC:

923340125