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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: fracture of good order
    sub title: Christian antiliberalism and the challenge to American politics
  name:
    name part: Bivins, Jason.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: NetLibrary, Inc
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ncu
    date issued: 2003
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
    extent: x, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Whether picketing outside abortion clinics, speaking out at school board meetings, or attending anti-death penalty vigils, many Americans have publicly opposed local, state, or federal government policies on the basis of their religious convictions. In this book, Jason Bivins examines the growing phenomenon of Christian protest against civil authority and political order in the United States. He argues that since the 1960s, there has been a proliferation of religious activism against what the protesters perceive as government's excessive power and lack of moral principle. Calling this phenomenon "Christian antiliberalism," Bivins finds at its center a belief that American politics is based on a liberal tradition that threatens the practice of a religious life and gives government too much social and economic influence. Focusing on the Catholic pacifism of Daniel and Philip Berrigan and the Jonah House resistance community, the Christian Right's homeschooling movement, and the evangelical Sojourners community, Bivins combines religious studies with political theory to explore the common ground shared by these disparate groups. Despite their vast ideological and institutional differences, these activists justify their actions in overtly religious terms based on a rejection of basic tenets of the American political system. Analyzing the widespread dissatisfaction with the conventional forms of political identity and affiliation that characterize American civic life today, this book sheds light on the complex relations between religion and democratic society.
  note: Jason C. Bivins.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Christianity and politics
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Liberalism
    topic: Religious aspects
    topic: Christianity
  subject:
    topic: Political activists
    topic: Religious life
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Liberalism
    geographic: United States
  classification: BR526 .B58 2003eb
  classification: 261.7/0973
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    identifier: (DLC) 2002153735
    identifier: (OCoLC)51046791
  identifier: 0807861502 (electronic bk.)
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    record creation date: 040826
    record change date: 20220105142609.0
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