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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
The role that race and religion play in American presidential elections is attracting national attention like never before. The 2008 presidential candidates reached out to an unprecedented number of racial and religious voting constituencies including African Americans, Latinos, Muslims, Mainline...
Tempting Faith
An Inside Story of Political Seduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
David Kuo came to Washington wanting to use his Christian faith to end abortion, strengthen marriage, and help the poor. He reached the heights of political power, ultimately serving in the White House under George W. Bush, after being policy adviser to John Ashcroft and speechwriter for Ralph Reed,...
Just Peace Theory Book One
Spiritual Morality, Radical Love, and the Public Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
In these essays I often refer to social contracts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international conventions that describe a vision of just human relations, especially in the area of culture and health...
JESUS RODE A DONKEY:
WHY MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS ARE DEMOCRATS
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
If Jesus were alive today, would he: feed the poor - or give tax breaks to the super rich? Comfort the old and infirm - or cut Social Security? Build bridges that unite - or build walls that divide? Make peace - or make war? In this ground breaking book, noted author and theologian Linda Seger, Th.D.,...
Faith in the Halls of Power
How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Evangelicals, once at the periphery of American life, now wield power in the White House and on Wall Street, at Harvard and in Hollywood. How have they reached the pinnacles of power in such a short time? And what does this mean for evangelicals--and for America? Drawing on personal interviews with...
by Lisa Sharon Harper, David Innes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
As a nation, we are ensnarled in divisive political debates. We cannot afford to ignore the issues as they shape our nation and our lives. But the status quo is not helping either.
In Left, Right and Christ, Harper and Innes provide thought-provoking clarity and give us all the opportunity...
A New Evangelical Manifesto
A Kingdom Vision for the Common Good
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Being religiously conservative does not necessarily mean being politically conservative. There is a significant, emerging segment of conservatively theological Christians who agree with politically liberal counterparts while staying true to their own faith regarding a wide variety of political issues...
Gods, Gays, and Guns
Religion and the Future of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
"Democracy and god have failed" captures the spirit of this provocative collection of essays. Arguing that the religion must be used for the expansion of democracy, Gods, Gays, and Guns takes up the topics of gay marriage, economic justice, and social movements. Written in Parisian cafes,...
Lasso the Wind
Away to the New West
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Mountains and Plains Book Seller's Association Award
"Sprawling in scope. . . . Mr. Egan uses the past powerfully to explain and give dimension to the present." --The New York Times
"Fine reportage . . . honed...
Politics: Another Perspective
Commentary and Analysis on Race, War, Ethics and the American Political Landscape in the Age of Obama
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Over the past 8 years there have been significant shifts in the American political landscape. The election of Senator Barack Obama as America’s 44th and first African American president signaled a giant leap forward in the American social, cultural, and political landscape. It has taken America...
Slavery before Race
Europeans, Africans, and Indians at Long Island's Sylvester Manor Plantation, 1651-1884
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of African descent are usually the slaves, and white people usually the slaveholders. In this unique interdisciplinary work of historical archaeology, anthropologist Katherine Hayes draws on years of...
Living God's Politics
A Guide to Putting Your Faith into Action
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
After fifteen weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, God's Politics not only changed the conversation about faith and politics in this country, it began a movement. All across the country, wherever Jim Wallis spoke, people were frustrated by tax cuts and budgets that widened the gap between...
by Eleanor Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
A wartime manifesto on the moral obligations of democratic citizens from the most influential first lady in American history.
With the threat of the Third Reich looming, Eleanor Roosevelt employs the history of human rights to establish the idea that at the core of democracy is a spiritual...
Proclaim Liberty
Notes on the Next Great Awakening in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
America's history has been shaped by the sacrifice and witness of millions who have exercised in extraordinary ways our nation's guarantee of religious freedom. Historians have referred to these periods as "Great Awakenings." In this ebook, comprised of three talks Carl Anderson gave between...