The civic life of American religion /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lichterman, Paul, Potts, C. Brady (Charles Brady)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]
Subjects:	Religion and civil society > United States. Religion and sociology > United States. Voluntarism > Religious aspects.

Table of Contents:

The civic life of American religion : an introductory statement / Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts
The varieties of civic experience / Michael Schudson
Building religious communities, building the common good: a skeptical appreciation / Nancy Ammerman
Congregations' significance to American civic life / Mark Chaves
Beyond savior, victim, and sinner : neighborhood civic life and "absent presence" in the religious district / Omar M. McRoberts
How religion circulates in America's local public square / Paul Lichterman
A tacit sense of evil? The meaning of politics in United Methodist debates over homosexuality / Dawne Moon
Conclusion : rethinking religion's civic life / Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts.