Being Christian in an Almost Chosen Nation Thinking about Faith and Politics

Name: Being Christian in an Almost Chosen Nation Thinking about Faith and Politics
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ISBN: 9780687334230

ISBN-10: 0687334233

ISBN-13: 9780687334230

Edition: 2006

Authors: H. Stephen Shoemaker

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A guide to wrestling with religion's role in public issuesSince September 11 religion has been explicitly connected to most of the major events taking place in the national and international arenas. Seeking to make sense of developments in the world around them, Christians too often find that "help" in how to apply their faith to public issues only comes from those with the loudest agendas. How can thinking Christians seek authentic answers to such questions as America's rightful place in world affairs, or the role of faith in government? Drawing inspiration from Lincoln's description of America as an "almost chosen nation," H. Stephen Shoemaker models a faithful, humble engagement of…

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List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.572

The education of a Baptist boy from the south	p. 7
America and providence	p. 15
The spiritual and political virtue of reverence	p. 27
The promise of post-Constantinian Christianity	p. 35
Fundamentalism and secularism reconsidered in our post-9/11 world	p. 41
Public church in America	p. 47
Praying with Jesus in an age of "sacred violence"	p. 51
America's place in the world	p. 59
The politics of doomsday	p. 65
Conversing with Jesus in time of war	p. 77
"If you being evil"	p. 85
The death of Jesus, which is life to the world	p. 95
Ground zero spirituality	p. 103
The revelatory crisis of Abu Ghraib prison	p. 111
A deeper patriotism	p. 119
How to be Christian in an election year	p. 127
The church at prayer at election time	p. 137
Country commissioners, Roger Williams, and us	p. 145
Welcome one another	p. 153
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