Civil Religion Today

Civil Religion Today
Author: Rhys H. Williams
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1479809853

"An important concept that scholars have used to help understand the relationship between religion and the American nation and polity has been 'civil religion.' A seminal article by Robert Bellah appeared just over fifty years ago. A multi-disciplinary array of scholars in this volume assess the concept's origins, history, and continued usefulness. In a period of great political polarization, considering whether there is hope for a unifying value and belief system seems more important than ever"--

International Handbook of Protestant Education

International Handbook of Protestant Education
Author: William Jeynes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 707
Release: 2012-01-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9400723873

Since their earliest days, institutions providing a Protestant education have always been respected and sought-after for their rigor and relative freedom from dogma—and despite today’s secularism and plurality, they remain so. This international handbook is the ultimate companion to protestant schooling worldwide. Its 39 chapters form the most comprehensive and wide-ranging treatment of the subject yet available, addressing Protestant education on all six inhabited continents and featuring the perspectives of leading authorities and public figures. The contributions cover in detail not only the facts and features of Protestant schooling in sundry nations, but also integrate a range of themes common to them all, themes so vital that they are of central concern to Christians around the world and of whatever denomination. Some of these topics are school choice, globalization, Bible pedagogy and character education, the fine arts, parental involvement, and the rise of Christianity in previously inaccessible locations such as China. The handbook’s stellar list of authors is a Who’s Who of authorities on the subject and includes a renowned American evangelical, a former historian of the US House of Representatives, and White House consultants responsible for framing legislation. The many contributors from outside the USA are leading academics conducting seminal research on numerous topics in the field. Both exhaustive and authoritative, The International Handbook of Protestant Educationwill be an invaluable asset to educators, ministers, parents, policy makers political leaders of any denomination—or none.

America, History and Life

America, History and Life
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2003
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.

Religion, Race, and Reconstruction

Religion, Race, and Reconstruction
Author: Ward M. McAfee
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1998-07-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1438412312

Religion, Race, and Reconstruction simultaneously resurrects a lost dimension of a most important segment of American history and illuminates America's present and future by showing the role religious issues played in Reconstruction during the 1870s.