Church State category: 1367 books
by Jim Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
There is a war going on in our nation's political discourse. Polarizing labels--left/right, Republican/Democrat, young/old, rich/poor, traditional/progressive--define and divide us. And in the process we've lost a vision for the common good.
Jim Wallis believes our life together can be better....
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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
This edited volume brings together alternative and innovative approaches in conflict resolution. With traditional military intervention repeatedly leading to the transformation of entire regions into zones of instability and violence (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria), the study of alternative and...
Blood and Faith
Christianity in American White Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Since the 1980 US presidential races, the term "religious right" has come to signify a politically and socially conservative form of Christianity. This term implies a joining of socially conservative evangelical Christianity with conservative politics that continues to shape the Republican Party to...
American Patriot / Spiritual Patriot
Both Being Requirements: One Nation Under God
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The purpose of American Patriot / Spiritual Patriot is to explain why our nation has lost its credibility due to our loss of its Spiritual guts which must be grown because no one is born with this set of guts. The growth of these type guts is strictly voluntary and cannot and will not be forced on...
One Nation Under God
A Christian Hope for American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Is it possible to be passionate about the gospel and care deeply about politics? Can we engage in politics responsibly, confidently, graciously—even Christianly?
When it comes to politics, Christians today seem lost and confused. Many Christians desire to relate their faith to politics but...
The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism
A Study in Islamic Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism initiates a dialogue between the discourse of three of the most discussed figures in the history of the Sunni Islamic movement—Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, and Osama bin Laden—and contemporary debates across religion and political theory, providing a crucial...
by Bruce Reed Pullen
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Before the Constitution, before the Magna Carta, before the Roman Empire and its Senate, there was the Covenant revealed on Mount Sinai by God and proclaimed by Moses. It includes the Ten Commandments. Interpretation of these laws soon followed. What evolved laid the foundation for community. Over...
by Cameron Thomson, Sandor Goodhart, Nadia Delicata
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
The contribution of this book to the field of reconciliation is both theoretical and practical, recognizing that good theory guides effective practice and practice is the ground for compelling theory. Using a Girardian hermeneutic as a starting point, a new conceptual Gestalt emerges in these essays,...
by Steve Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
How are justifications for religious violence developed and do they differ from secular justifications for violence? Can liberal societies tolerate potentially violent religious groups? Can those who accept religious justifications for violence be dissuaded from acting violently? Including six in-depth...
Essays On Cultural Pluralism
A Philosophical Approach To Interfaith Spirituality In The Age Of Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Ours are times when religion is systematically being used: unconsciously by some and deliberately by others, in the service of politics and personal gain, rather then spirituality. However, perceptive and honest minds among all religious communities view different religions as diverse “languages...
by Arthur R Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Whether you base your conclusions on public polls or on the thoughts of the Founding Fathers, there is an inescapable logic underlying the issue: Religion is the institution that defines morality, the difference between right and wrong; to be legitimate, government needs to behave morally; the power...
Holy Ignorance
When Religion and Culture Part Ways
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Olivier Roy, world-renowned authority on Islam and politics, finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and socio-cultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularization has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to take...
The Delusion of Disbelief
Why the New Atheism is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
The last few years have seen a great assault upon faith in the publishing world, with an influx of books denouncing religious belief. While attacks on faith are not new, what is notable about these books—several of which have hit the bestseller charts—is their contention that belief in God is...
Practicing What the Doctor Preached
At Home with Focus on the Family
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Dr. James Dobson, PhD., founder of the conservative Christian foundation Focus on the Family, is well-known to the secular world as a crusader for the Christian right. But within Christian circles he is known primarily as a childrearing expert. Millions of American children have been raised on his...