The Politics Of The Sacred In America

Author : Anthony Squiers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319688701

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The Politics of the Sacred in America by Anthony Squiers Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the political dimensions of civil religion in the United States. By employing an original social-psychological theory rooted in semiotics, it offers a qualitative and quantitative empirical examination of more than fifty years of political rhetoric. Further, it presents two in-depth case studies that examine how the cultural, totemic sign of ‘the Founding Fathers’ and the signs of America’s sacred texts (the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence) are used in attempts to link partisan policy positions with notions that the country collectively holds sacred. The book’s overarching thesis is that America’s civil religion serves as a discursive framework for the country’s politics of the sacred, mediating the demands of particularistic interests and social solidarity through the interaction of social belief and institutional politics like elections and the Supreme Court. The book penetrates America’s unique political religiosity to reveal and unravel the intricate ways in which politics, political institutions, religion and culture intertwine in the United States.

Author : Eldon J. Eisenach
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442217737

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Sacred Discourse and American Nationality by Eldon J. Eisenach Pdf

Sacred Discourse and American Nationality analyzes the role of religious rhetoric in questions on national identity. Eldon J. Eisenach uses his expertise on a variety of topics from religion and politics to the history of political thought to show how progressivism has developed and continues to develop in America. This is the perfect book for scholars and students interested in American political development.

Author : Barbara A. McGraw
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791486955

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Rediscovering America's Sacred Ground by Barbara A. McGraw Pdf

Returning to the ideas of John Locke and the Founders themselves, Barbara A. McGraw examines the debate about the role of religion in American public life and unravels the confounded rhetoric on all sides. She reveals that no group has been standing on proper ground and that all sides have misused terminology (religion/secular), dichotomies (public/private), and concepts (separation of church and state) in ways that have little relevance to the original intentions of the Founders. She rediscovers a theology underlying the founding documents of the nation that is neither anyone's particular religion nor one requiring religion. Instead, it justifies freedom of conscience for all and provides a two-tiered public forum—a civic public forum and a conscientious public forum—for the debate itself and the actions that debate inspires. America's Sacred Ground—this theology and its public forum—determines the meaning of freedom and the ways in which Americans can pursue "the good": good government, good communities, good families, good relations between individuals, and good individuals from a plurality of perspectives. By exploring our past, McGraw answers the critical question, Who are we as a people and what do we stand for?

Author : Glenn Aparicio Parry
Publisher : Select Books (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1590795032

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Original Politics by Glenn Aparicio Parry Pdf

"Author seeks to heal America's political divisions and threats to democratic values; he advocates piecing together fragments of our history--including the influence on our founding fathers of Native American beliefs in natural rights, egalitarian justice, and mankind's deep connection to nature, thus revealing a sacred purpose: to bring all peoples and the living natural world together" --

Author : Michael Corbett,Julia Corbett-Hemeyer,J. Matthew Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136159992

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Politics and Religion in the United States by Michael Corbett,Julia Corbett-Hemeyer,J. Matthew Wilson Pdf

There is a complex relationship between religiosity and secularism in the American experience. America is notable both for its strict institutional separation of church and state, and for the strong role that religion has played in its major social movements and ongoing political life. This book seeks to illuminate for readers the dynamics underlying this seeming paradox, and to examine how the various religious groups in America have approached and continue to approach the tensions between sacred and secular. This much-anticipated revision brings Corbett and Corbett’s classic text fully up to date. The second edition continues with a thorough discussion of historical origins of religion in political life, constitutional matters, public opinion, and the most relevant groups, all while taking theology seriously. Revisions include fully updating all the public opinion data, fuller incorporation of voting behavior among different religious and demographic groups, enhanced discussion of minority religions such as Mormonism and Islam, and new examples throughout.

Author : Stephen Dinan
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781612833569

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Sacred America, Sacred World by Stephen Dinan Pdf

Infused with visionary power, Sacred America, Sacred World is a manifesto for our country’s evolution that is both political and deeply spiritual. It offers profound hope that America can grow beyond our current challenges and manifest our noblest destiny, which the book shows is rooted in sacred principles that transcend left or right political views. Filled with practical ideas and innovative strategies honed from the author’s work with over 1000 luminaries via his company, The Shift Network, Sacred America, Sacred World rings with a can-do entrepreneurial spirit and explains how America can lead the world toward peace, sustainability, health, and prosperity. This vision of the future weaves the best of today’s emergent spirituality with seasoned political wisdom, demonstrating ways America can grow beyond its current stagnation and political gridlock to become a world leader in peace and progress. Published to coincide with the party conventions and presidential debates, this book will promote a return to the sacred principles cherished by America's forefathers in order to create a “transpartisan,” non-ideological, pragmatic approach to social reform. This uplifting discussion explores evolutions in political leadership, environmental concerns, and economic reformation. It is time to forge a bold new image of America’s future. Here is a road map for getting there.

Author : William Arnal,Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199757114

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The Sacred Is the Profane by William Arnal,Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

The Sacred is the Profane collects nine essays by William Arnal and Russell McCutcheon that advance current scholarly debates on secularism-debates. The essays return, again and again, to the question of what "religion"—word and concept—accomplishes, now, for those who employ it, whether at the popular, political, or scholarly level. The focus here is on the efficacy, costs, and the tactical work carried out by dividing the world between religious and political, church and state, sacred and profane.

Author : Kelly
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781412831352

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Politics and Religious Consciousness in America by Kelly Pdf

Author : William Safran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135762100

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The Secular and the Sacred by William Safran Pdf

What is the place of religion in modern political systems? This volume addresses that question by focusing on ten countries across several geographic areas: Western and East-Central Europe, North America, the Middle East and South Asia. These countries are comparable in the sense that they are committed to constitutional rule, have embraced a more or less secular culture, and have formal guarantees of freedom of religion. Yet in all the cases examined here religion impinges on the political system in the form of legal establishment, semi-legitimation, subvention, and/or selective institutional arrangements and its role is reflected in cultural norms, electoral behaviour and public policies. The relationship between religion and politics comes in many varieties in differing countries, yet all are faced with three major challenges: modernity, democracy and the increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-religious nature of their societies.

Author : George Armstrong Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351498425

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Politics and Religious Consciousness in America by George Armstrong Kelly Pdf

This exploration of the tensions of politics and religion in the United States, from its earliest settlement to contemporary times, is the first coherent history of American religious thought and practice within the context of politics. Kelly sets forth a chronology and topology of the patterns of collaboration, competition, and interaction of politics and religion in America.

Author : Eboo Patel
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807077498

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Sacred Ground by Eboo Patel Pdf

A “thought-provoking, myth-smashing” exploration of American identity and a passionate call for a more tolerant, interfaith America (Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State) There is no better time to stand up for your values than when they are under attack. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America. Patel shows us that Americans from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. have been “interfaith leaders,” illustrating how the forces of pluralism in America have time and again defeated the forces of prejudice. And now a new generation needs to rise up and confront the anti-Muslim prejudice of our era. To this end, Patel offers a primer in the art and science of interfaith work, bringing to life the growing body of research on how faith can be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division and sharing stories from the frontlines of interfaith activism. Patel asks us to share in his vision of a better America—a robustly pluralistic country in which our commonalities are more important than our differences, and in which difference enriches, rather than threatens, our religious traditions. Pluralism, Patel boldly argues, is at the heart of the American project, and this visionary book will inspire Americans of all faiths to make this country a place where diverse traditions can thrive side by side.

Author : David Chidester,Edward T. Linenthal
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0253210062

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American Sacred Space by David Chidester,Edward T. Linenthal Pdf

In a series of pioneering studies, this book examines the creation—and the conflict behind the creation—of sacred space in America. The essays in this volume visit places in America where economic, political, and social forces clash over the sacred and the profane, from wilderness areas in the American West to the Mall in Washington, D.C., and they investigate visions of America as sacred space at home and abroad. Here are the beginnings of a new American religious history—told as the story of the contested spaces it has inhabited. The contributors are David Chidester, Matthew Glass, Edward T. Linenthal, Colleen McDannell, Robert S. Michaelsen, Rowland A. Sherrill, and Bron Taylor.

Author : Peter Gardella
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195300185

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American Civil Religion by Peter Gardella Pdf

Peter Gardella explores the monuments, texts, and images that embody the spirit of the United States.

Author : Barbara A. McGraw,Jo Renee Formicola
Publisher : Baylor University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion and politics
ISBN : 9781932792331

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Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously by Barbara A. McGraw,Jo Renee Formicola Pdf

The clash between the religious right and the secular left undermines any serious debate about the role of religion in American public life. Such strident cultural rhetoric often ignores the positive contributions of America's many religions. By contrast, this volume celebrates America's religious diversity, demonstrating that religious pluralism is actually one of democracy's basic building blocks. Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously expands on Barbara A. McGraw's framework for understanding religious participation in public life--a two-tiered public forum, consisting of the civic public forum and the conscientious public forum. The chapters explore how diverse religious communities and traditions, including "newer" and marginalized religions, can make a meaningful contribution to American society and politics.

Author : Michele F. Margolis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226555812

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From Politics to the Pews by Michele F. Margolis Pdf

One of the most substantial divides in American politics is the “God gap.” Religious voters tend to identify with and support the Republican Party, while secular voters generally support the Democratic Party. Conventional wisdom suggests that religious differences between Republicans and Democrats have produced this gap, with voters sorting themselves into the party that best represents their religious views. Michele F. Margolis offers a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom, arguing that the relationship between religion and politics is far from a one-way street that starts in the church and ends at the ballot box. Margolis contends that political identity has a profound effect on social identity, including religion. Whether a person chooses to identify as religious and the extent of their involvement in a religious community are, in part, a response to political surroundings. In today’s climate of political polarization, partisan actors also help reinforce the relationship between religion and politics, as Democratic and Republican elites stake out divergent positions on moral issues and use religious faith to varying degrees when reaching out to voters.