{"product_id":"politics-religion-and-the-common-good-isbn-9781118554401","title":"Politics, Religion, and the Common Good","description":"The future of America, in many ways, depends upon an understanding of the proper role of religion in our shared life as a republic. Discussions and debates on the topic have too often generated noise, platitudes, stereotypes, name-calling, and the distortion of vitally important issues, instead of constructive conversation among citizens--until now. \u003cp\u003eOf all the voices commenting about American religion today, none is more credible or better known than that of historian Martin E. Marty. A respected scholar, author, editor, and media commentator, he has-perhaps better than anyone else in the field-a deep grasp on the complex issues surrounding public religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Tools for Moving from Argument to Conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Handle with Care: The Case Against Public Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Worth the Risk: Public Religion and the Common Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Individual Citizen, Formed and Mobilized by Faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Declining Political Power of Traditional Institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Flourishing of Religious Special Interest Groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. An Invitation to All Religious People: Join the Political Conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Public Religion Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMARTIN E. MARTY\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than fifty books, including the five-volume The Fundamentalisms Project and the three-volume Modern American Religion. He is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he received his Ph.D. and taught for thirty-five years. An ordained minister, he is senior editor of the weekly \u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e, a frequent media commentator on American religion, and the recipient of sixty-four honorary degrees. In this insightful book, Marty covers a wealth of vital issues about the state of the politics and religion, including: the case often made against public religion; how public religion affects the common good; the ways in which the individual citizen is formed by faith; the declining political power of traditional institutions; the flourishing of religious special interest groups; and how to move questions of public religion from argument to conversation.","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989805973733,"sku":"NP9781118554401","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118554401.jpg?v=1761785538","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/politics-religion-and-the-common-good-isbn-9781118554401","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}