Research Catalog

Title

The quiet hand of God : faith-based activism and the public role of mainline Protestantism / edited by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans.

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wuthnow, Robert.
• Evans, John Hyde, 1965-

Description

xi, 429 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Church and state > United States
• Protestantism > United States
• Religion and politics > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The logic of mainline churchliness : historical background since the Reformation / Peter J. Thuesen -- Mainline Protestant Washington offices and the political lives of clergy / Laura R. Olson -- The generous side of Christian faith : the successes and challenges of mainline women's groups / R. Marie Griffith -- Religious variations in public presence : evidence from the national congregations study / Mark Chaves, Helen M. Giesel, and William Tsitsos -- Connecting mainline Protestant churches with public life / Nancy T. Ammerman -- The changing political fortunes of mainline Protestants / Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks -- Furthering the freedom struggle : racial justice activism in the mainline churches since the civil rights era / Bradford Verter -- The hydra and the swords : social welfare and mainline advocacy, 1964-2000 / Brian Steensland -- Caring for creation : environmental advocacy by mainline Protestant organizations / Michael Moody -- Vital conflicts : the mainline denominations debate homosexuality / Wendy Cadge -- For the sake of the children? : family-related discourse and practice in the mainline / W. Bradford Wilcox -- From engagement to retrenchment : an examination of first amendment activism by America's mainline churches, 1980-2000 / Derek H. Davis -- Doing good and doing well : shareholder activism, responsible investment, and mainline Protestantism / Lynn D. Robinson -- Love your enemies? : Protestants and United States foreign policy / Lester Kurtz and Kelly Goran Fulton -- Beyond quiet influence? : possibilities for the Protestant mainline / Robert Wuthnow.

Call Number

JFE 02-19972

ISBN

• 0520233123 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0520233131 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002000713

OCLC

49001983

Title

The quiet hand of God : faith-based activism and the public role of mainline Protestantism / edited by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Wuthnow, Robert.

Evans, John Hyde, 1965-

Research Call Number

JFE 02-19972