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1 online resource |
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Political power and social theory |
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Political power and social theory.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Religion, Humility, and Democracy in a Divided America; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; About the Contributors; Guest Editor; Contributors; Beyond the Dogmatic Believer: Religious Conviction across the American Political Divide; Religion and American Democratic Life -- Three Snapshots; Snapshot One: The 81 Percent and the Dogmatic Believer Narrative; Snapshot Two: The Humble Believer (Complicating the Dogmatic Believer Narrative); Snapshot Three: The Righteous Prophet (Inverting the Dogmatic Believer Narrative); Juxtaposing the Three Snapshots |
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Toward a Sociological Approach to the Relationship between Conviction, Humility, and DemocracyA Growing Interdisciplinary Conversation; A Sociological Approach; Toward an Intellectually Humble Approach to Sociological Research and Practice; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Religion as Source, Resource, Evaluation, and Hindrance: Intellectual Humility and the Relationship between Religion and Po ... ; Introduction; Politics and Religion; Hindrances; Resources; Mediating Institutions; Concepts; Motivations and Cultural Tools; Evaluations; Sources; Durkheim; Neuhaus |
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Dewey on Democracy, Emotion, and FaithConclusion; Bibliography; Reflexive Evangelicalism; Introduction; Social Reflexivity and Intellectual Humility; Religious Convictions Supporting Intellectual Humility; A Case Study in Intellectual Humility and Religious Conviction: Buddhist-Evangelical Dialogue across Culture War Lines; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Intellectual Humility and Recognition of the Other: Evangelical Public Discourse with Muslims; Introduction and Case; Theory; Intellectual Humility; Situating Intellectual Humility amidst Struggles for Moral Authority |
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Data and MethodsNegative Case; Mapping Social Locations; Survey Data; Case Study: The Yale Response to A Common Word; Social Location of Actors; Survey Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Humility: Rooted in Relationship, Reaching for Justice; Humility Is Rooted in Relationship; Humility as Comforter; Relationship as Transformative; Humility's Pull toward Social Justice; The Difficulty of Naming Injustice; Humility and Justice in Civil Disagreements; Notes; Acknowledgments; References |
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Passion and Virtue in Public Life: Focal Practices and the Political Holiness the World NeedsThe Passions in Public Life; Focal Practices and the Passions: Transcendence, Submission, and Religion; How Focal Practices Structure Human Experience: Conversion and Human Development; Practices that Undergird Political Holiness and Conversion: Examples from Faith-based Community Organizing and Liberation T ... ; Conclusion; Beyond practices to institutions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Ontic Webs: A New Framework for Public Sociology; Beyond the Fact/Value Distinction; From Sinks to Webs |
| Summary |
Strong religious convictions motivate citizens to engage in American public life, and are viewed as a source of closed-mindedness and a driver of political polarization. This book combines theoretical reflections on this tension, empirical studies examine how a range of religious actors balance conviction with humility in their political work |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 22, 2019) |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- United States
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Democracy -- United States
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Religion & politics.
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Social Science -- Sociology of Religion.
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Democracy
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Religion and politics
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Braunstein, Ruth, 1981- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781789739497 |
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1789739497 |
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9781789739510 |
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1789739519 |
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