Religion, humility, and democracy in a divided America

This volume asks how religious convictions inform citizens' engagement in American democratic life, particularly across deep political divides. Strong religious convictions motivate citizens across the political spectrum to engage in public life, yet are also viewed as a driver of political pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Braunstein, Ruth (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
SeriesPolitical power and social theory ; v. 36.
Subjects
Religion and politics > United States.
Democracy > United States.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781789739497
9781789739510
ISSN0198-8719 ;
DOI10.1108/S0198-8719201936
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Beyond the dogmatic believer: religious conviction across the American political divide
  • Religion as source, resource, evaluation, and hindrance: intellectual humility and the relationship between religion and politics
  • Reflexive evangelicalism
  • Intellectual humility and recognition of the other: evangelical public discourse with muslims
  • Humility: rooted in relationship, reaching for justice
  • Passion and virtue in public life: focal practices and the political holiness the world needs
  • Ontic webs: a new framework for public sociology
  • Index.

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