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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays looks at the role of evangelicals in American civic life. The prominent contributors examine evangelicals' beliefs and activity on topics ranging from bioethics to race relations and welfare reform to international human rights.
Trade ReviewI would recommend this work to anyone interested in the constructive ways in which American evangelicals have and will continue to influence American thought and culture. -- J. Stephen Phillips, Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi * Journal of Church and State *
This is a good book illustrating Protestant evangelical interaction in the U.S. political and social systems. As such, it is a good introduction to a source of social and civic engagement in the United States that is certain to continue and even grow in coming years. * Perspectives on Political Science *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Correcting Misconceptions Chapter 3 About Evangelicals and Civil Society Chapter 4 Evangelical Protestants and Civic Engagement: An Overview Chapter 5 The Christian Right: Evolution, Expansion, Contraction Chapter 6 Conservative Protestants and the Family: Resisting, Engaging, or Accommodating Modernity? Chapter 7 The Evangelical Response to Homosexuality: A Survey, Critique, and Advisory Chapter 8 Evangelicals and the Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Debate Chapter 9 Evangelicals and Abortion Chapter 10 Evangelicals and Bioethics: An Extraordinary Failure Chapter 11 Evangelicals, Welfare Reform, and Care for the Poor Chapter 12 Evangelicals and Charitable Choice Chapter 13 The Loyal Opposition: Evangelicals and Public Schools Chapter 14 Faith that Separates: Evangelicals and Black-White Race Relations Chapter 15 Creating a Diverse Urban Evangelicalism:Youth Ministry as a Model Chapter 16 Evangelicals and International Engagement Chapter 17 Notes Chapter 18 Index of Names Chapter 19 About the Ethics and Public Policy Center
