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Souled out : reclaiming faith and politics after the religious right / E.J. Dionne, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]Description: 1 online resource (251 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400828289
  • 1400828287
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Souled out.DDC classification:
  • 261.70973 22
LOC classification:
  • BR561 .D56 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction Is God's Work Our Work?; 1 Is Religion Conservative or Progressive? (Or Both?); 2 Why the Culture War Is the Wrong War:; 3 What Are the "Values" Issues?; 4 Selling Religion Short:; 5 John Paul, Benedict, and the Catholic Future; 6 What Happened to the Seamless Garment?; The Agony of Liberal Catholicism; 7 Solidarity, Liberty, and Religion's True Calling; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.
Summary: The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social justice, peace, and the environment. In Souled Out, award-winning journalist and commentator E.J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right--and the crude exploitation of faith for political advantage--is over. Based on years of research and writing, Souled Out shows that the end of the Reli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction Is God's Work Our Work?; 1 Is Religion Conservative or Progressive? (Or Both?); 2 Why the Culture War Is the Wrong War:; 3 What Are the "Values" Issues?; 4 Selling Religion Short:; 5 John Paul, Benedict, and the Catholic Future; 6 What Happened to the Seamless Garment?; The Agony of Liberal Catholicism; 7 Solidarity, Liberty, and Religion's True Calling; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.

The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social justice, peace, and the environment. In Souled Out, award-winning journalist and commentator E.J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right--and the crude exploitation of faith for political advantage--is over. Based on years of research and writing, Souled Out shows that the end of the Reli.

Print version record.

In English.