Private Needs, Public Selves: Talk about Religion in America, Volume 10Polls through the '90s show that many Americans believe the nation is in a period of spiritual decline, yet public religious display and discussion often is deemed politically incorrect. Philosopher John K. Roth feels that more outward sharing of religious beliefs, thoughts, and ideas would bridge the gap between our private needs and our public selves--and would give Americans of differing faiths a common identity. |
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... Private need . Sculpt it into The image of your most public self . MAYA ANGELOU , " On the Pulse of Morning " Preface Introduction : Defining Talk about Religion ONE Mapping America.
... Private need . Sculpt it into The image of your most public self . MAYA ANGELOU , " On the Pulse of Morning " Preface Introduction : Defining Talk about Religion ONE Mapping America.
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... needed to write a book that focused on public expressions of religion in the United States , a topic as ambiguous as it is vast . In addition , the writing had to be readable , interesting , and informed by sound scholarship but ...
... needed to write a book that focused on public expressions of religion in the United States , a topic as ambiguous as it is vast . In addition , the writing had to be readable , interesting , and informed by sound scholarship but ...
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... needed encouragement . Each and all , they helped me to write what I wanted to say but could never have said by myself . The private needs that I wanted to fill could only be met by my " going public , " by embracing and evaluating the ...
... needed encouragement . Each and all , they helped me to write what I wanted to say but could never have said by myself . The private needs that I wanted to fill could only be met by my " going public , " by embracing and evaluating the ...
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... needed to save it . But the United States does need saving from domestic strife that needlessly wastes hopeful dreams . In a 1995 book , Values Matter Most , Ben J. Wattenberg writes that values are the nation's " most potent political ...
... needed to save it . But the United States does need saving from domestic strife that needlessly wastes hopeful dreams . In a 1995 book , Values Matter Most , Ben J. Wattenberg writes that values are the nation's " most potent political ...
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Contents
Defining Talk about Religion | xxi |
Mapping America | 17 |
How Much? What Kind? American Needs for Religious Discourse | 42 |
Virtue and Religion | 66 |
American Beliefs Popular Opinions and Religious Inclinations | 88 |
Religion Matters | 119 |
Getting Along in America How Talk about Religion Can Help | 140 |
Things Unspoken Religion and Human Rights | 164 |
The Shadow of Birkenau How to Talk about Religion in Public | 193 |
Deepening Talk about Religion | 217 |
Select Bibliography | 241 |
Index | 249 |
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Page xv - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page xiv - The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficult}', and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
Page xv - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.