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Informationen zum Autor Robert Wuthnow is Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. His most recent books are Creative Spirituality: The Way of the Artist (California! 2001)! Growing Up Religious (1999)! After Heaven (California! 1998)! and Loose Connections (1998). John H. Evans is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California! San Diego. He is the author of Playing God? Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical Debate (2002). Klappentext "For those who thought Mainline Protestantism was well on its way to extinction! this collection provides interesting-possibly even shocking-reading. It points to new life arising out of old structures and changing modes of engagement with the culture. The message the reader takes away is that while the future for this religious tradition will not look like its past! it has a future. The best book written lately on this topic."-Wade Clark Roof! author of Spiritual Marketplace: BabyBoomers and the Remaking of American Religion "An important contribution to our understanding of the public influence of mainline Protestantism. This well-written and expansive book reveals how socially! civically! and politically active mainline Protestantism continues to be in American society! contrary to much conventional wisdom. Yet it shows the mainline influence as having a particular character! different from that of other religious traditions. Mainline Protestantism has! without justification! been understudied lately. This landmark book puts it back on the map and will generate discussion and inquiry for years to come."-Christian Smith! author of The Secular Revolution "This important book provides a balanced! critical! yet genuinely appreciative analysis of the role of mainline Protestantism's public role. It is a stimulating and refreshing change from the mainline Protestant 'bashing' of the past three decades. In a time of increased calls for religious organizations to be involved in public life! readers will be helped to understand both the possibilities and limits of such involvement as the authors examine the practices and policies of the most publicly engaged of America's religious families."-Jackson W. Carroll! coauthor of Bridging Divided Worlds: Congregations and Generational Cultures "An essential book for anyone interested in the public nature and works of the Protestant mainline. The vast majority of American citizens believe that churches have a public role. But they disagree about what that role should be. Help has arrived."-Jean Bethke Elshtain! author of Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy "This book is a comprehensive overview of mainline Protestantism's contribution to the public role of religion during the last three decades of the 20th century. It provides a firm platform from which to guide our vision in the new millennium."-Donald E. Miller! author of Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium Zusammenfassung This collection of essays paints a portrait of American Protestantism at the beginning of the 21st century - a denomination that has remained quietly, but firmly, influential in the public sphere, through political action and the provision of social services. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. History! Organization! and Activities 1. The Logic of Mainline Churchliness: Historical Background since the Reformation Peter J. Thuesen 2. Mainline Protestant Washington Offices and the Political Lives of Clergy Laura R. Olson 3. The Generous Side of Christian Faith: The Successes and Challenges of Mainline Women's Groups R. Marie Griffith 4. Religious Variations in Public Presence...
