Church State category: 1367 books
Constitutionalism, Democracy and Religious Freedom
To be Fully Human
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
In both Europe and North America it can be argued that the associational and institutional dimensions of the right to freedom of religion or belief are increasingly coming under pressure. This book demonstrates why a more classical understanding of the idea of a liberal democracy can allow for greater...
by Jean Bethke Elshtain
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and presents an Augustine who created a complex moral map that offers space for loyalty, love, and care, as well as a chastened form of civic virtue. The result is a controversial book about one of the world's greatest...
The Refugee Crisis and Religion
Secularism, Security and Hospitality in Question
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The current refugee crisis sweeping Europe, and much of the world, closely intersects with largely neglected questions of religion. Moving beyond discussions of religious differences, what can we learn about the interaction between religion and migration? Do faith-based organisations play a role within...
The Five Laws of Liberty
Defending a Biblical View of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Why is it important to have a proper understanding of freedom? According to educator and author, Scott Hyland, life and liberty thrive within the parameters of The Five Laws of Liberty:
Remember the Past
Embrace the Truth
Respect Humanity
Self-control (Restrain)
Protect and Serve others ...
The Disappearing God Gap?
Religion in the 2008 Presidential Election
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
After the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004, the "God Gap" became a hotly debated political issue. Religious voters were seen as the key to Bush's victory, and Democrats began scrambling to reach out to them. Four years later, however, with the economy in a tailspin on election day, religion barely...
Free to Serve
Protecting the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
What do Hobby Lobby, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Wheaton College, World Vision, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the University of Notre Dame have in common? All are faith-based organizations that have faced pressure to act in ways contrary to their religious beliefs. In this book, two policy...
by Kenneth D. Wald, Allison Calhoun-Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Using an evidenced-based, social-scientific approach to religion, Kenneth D. Wald and Allison Calhoun-Brown challenge the perception that religious influence in American politics is a problem to be solved. Instead, they contend that religion is a form of social identification that not only shapes...
God is Alive and Well
The Future of Religion in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport examines religion in America today, reviews just how powerfully intertwined religion is with every aspect of American society, and explores what appears to be religion’s vibrant future in the U.S. — all based on more than a million interviews conducted by Gallup...
by Cathleen Kaveny
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
The culture wars have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny focuses on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. It can be strong medicine against threats to the body politic, she shows, but used injudiciously it does more harm than good.
Sacred Liberty
America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation’s “greatest invention.” Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined amidst the brutal...
Religion and AIDS Treatment in Africa
Saving Souls, Prolonging Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
This book critically interrogates emerging interconnections between religion and biomedicine in Africa in the era of antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. Highlighting the complex relationships between religious ideologies, practices and organizations on the one hand, and biomedical treatment programmes...
Contemporary Orangeism in Canada
Identity, Nationalism, and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
This book uses original research and interviews to consider the views of contemporary members of the Orange Order in Canada, including their sense of political and societal purpose, awareness of the decline of influence, views on their present circumstances, and hopes for the future of Orangeism in...
by Francis Kroncke
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
How can we humans dwell peacefully and comfortably at-home on Earth? It seems impossible. The Warrior vision which placed the image of the Atom Bomb’s Mushroom Cloud in the human psyche continues to evoke dreadful fear in every human heart. “Globalization” appears to mean the successful exporting...
by Albion
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
This is the notification to the world that the Book of Revelation is a code and the Bible is the greatest deception ever told. It is the culmination of two thousand years of deception and two decades of code breaking. This book sets out the overall design of the conspiracy and is necessary prior to...