Fracture of Good Order Christian Antiliberalism and the Challenge to American Politics

Name: Fracture of Good Order Christian Antiliberalism and the Challenge to American Politics
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ISBN: 9780807854686

ISBN-10: 0807854689

ISBN-13: 9780807854686

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jason C. Bivins

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Whether picketing outside abortion clinics, speaking out at school board meetings, or attending anti-death penalty vigils, many Americans have publicly opposed local, state, or federal government policies on the basis of their religious convictions. In The Fracture of Good Order, Jason Bivins examines the growing phenomenon of Christian protest against civil authority and political order in the United States. He argues that since the 1960s, there has been a proliferation of religious activism against what the protesters perceive as government's excessive power and lack of moral principle. Calling this phenomenon "Christian antiliberalism," Bivins finds at its center a belief that American…

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/22/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: "Watch!": The Meanings of Christian Antiliberalism



The Irony of the Liberal State



Christianity Faithfully Lived Is Politics Enough: Prophetic Politics in the Sojourners Community



The Rootedness of Discontent: Culture and Identity in the New Christian Right



The Fracture of Good Order: The Berrigans and Ritual Protest



Joy Cometh with the Morning: Democracy, Power, and Christian Antiliberalism


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