Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front (Religious Forces in the Modern Political World) - Softcover

Green, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847682684 ISBN 13: 9780847682683

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

As the 20th Century draws to a close, cultural conflict plays an increasingly dominant role in American politics, with religion acting as a catalyst in the often bitter confrontations ranging from abortion to public education. These insightful essays by leading scholars in the field examine the role of religion in these 'culture wars' and present a mixed assessment of the scope and divisiveness of such conflicts.

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Review:

provides a rich resource for other scholars to mine and build a richer understanding of the phenomenon of the religious right than one can gain from journalists and scholars without the familiarity and research skills of the "gang of four."--Dennis McNutt "Pneuma: The Journal Of The Society For Pentacostal Studies " The scholarship displayed in this diverse collection of essays is first-rate, accessible to the general reader and sufficiently detailed enough to provide insight and testable hypotheses for researchers in this field.--Thomas Dowdy, Oklahoma Baptist University . . . a rich collection of essays tracing the influence of religion in American political life at the end of the Twentieth Century. The "Gang of Four" liketheesteemed householder of the Gospel parable, has brought fromits "treasury both the new and the old."--Clarke E.Cochran, Texas Tech University . . . a judicious blend of previously published materials and new scholarship, a book that will convince even the most skeptical observer that religion matters and matters deeply in American political attitudes and behavior--Ken Wald, University of Florida

About the Author:

John C. Green is professor of political science at the University of Akron. James L. Guth is professor of political science at Furman University. Corwin E. Smidt is professor of political science at Calvin College. Lyman A. Kellstedt is Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0847682684
• ISBN 13: 9780847682683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392