wyszukanych pozycji: 59
Saving America?: Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society
ISBN: 9780691126289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some social programs from government control to religious organizations. However, despite an increasingly vocal, ideologically charged national debate--a debate centered on such questions as: What are these organizations doing? How well are they doing it? Should they be supported with tax dollars?--solid... On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. T... |
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192,20 zł |
The God Problem: Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable
ISBN: 9780520274280 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow examines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason.
Based on exceptionally rich and candid interviews with approximately two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the most common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of joiners." Instead, Wuthnow argues, we do thisnot by coming up with rational... The United States is one of the most highly educated societies on earth, and also one of the most religious. In The God Problem, Robert Wuthnow...
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164,75 zł |
Producing the Sacred: An Essay on Public Religion
ISBN: 9780252064012 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What is public religion? How does it manifest the sacred? Wuthnow states that cultural expressions, religious or otherwise, do not simply happen but are produced. He considers the major organizational forms that produce public religion, shows how they shape public religion's messages, and reveals the implicit and unintended ways in which the sacred is expressed in modern society.
What is public religion? How does it manifest the sacred? Wuthnow states that cultural expressions, religious or otherwise, do not simply happen but a...
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114,72 zł |
Be Very Afraid: The Cultural Response to Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, and Other Threats
ISBN: 9780199730872 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of "the country's best social scientists" by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as "tremendously valuable." The New York Times calls him "temperate, balanced, compassionate," adding, "one can't but admire Mr. Wuthnow's views." A leading authority on religion, he now addresses one of the most profound subjects: the end of the world. In Be Very Afraid, Wuthnow examines the human response to existential threats--once a matter for theology, but now looming before us in multiple forms. Nuclear weapons, pandemics, global...
Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of "the country's best social scientists" by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as "tremendously val...
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203,94 zł |
Religion's Power: What Makes It Work
ISBN: 9780197652534 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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144,64 zł |
Christianity and Civil Society
ISBN: 9781563381751 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Questions about civil society have been reopened in recent years with increasing urgency. How can we preserve and protect democracy? Is it possible to bring a moral dimension back into public life? How strong or weak do we want government to be? What can motivate us to be better, more responsibly engaged citizens?
In this book, well-known author Robert Wuthnow presents an engaging and provocative exploration of the role of Christianity in civil society which, he says, -applies to other U.S. religions as will.- Professor Wuthnow considers three aspects of the relationship... Questions about civil society have been reopened in recent years with increasing urgency. How can we preserve and protect democracy? Is it possible to...
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422,13 zł |
Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy
ISBN: 9780691222639 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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144,54 zł |
The Struggle for America's Soul: Evangelicals, Liberals, and Secularism
ISBN: 9780802804693 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Discusses the schism between the religious right and mainstream Protestantism, the separation of church and state, and the relationship between science and religion.
Discusses the schism between the religious right and mainstream Protestantism, the separation of church and state, and the relationship between scienc...
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102,65 zł |
The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II
ISBN: 9780691020570 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The description for this book, The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II, will be forthcoming. The description for this book, The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II, will be forthcoming. |
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307,90 zł |
Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State
ISBN: 9780691169309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how distinctions between "us" and "them" are perpetuated and why they are so often shaped by religion and politics. Early settlers called Texas a rough country. Surviving there necessitated defining evil, fighting it, and building... Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed president... |
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153,76 zł |
After Heaven: Spirituality in America Since the 1950s
ISBN: 9780520222281 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The evolution of American spirituality over the past fifty years is the subject of Robert Wuthnow's engrossing new book. Wuthnow uses in-depth interviews and a broad range of resource materials to show how Americans, from teenagers to senior citizens, define their spiritual journeys. His findings are a telling reflection of the changes in beliefs and lifestyles that have occurred throughout the United States in recent decades. Wuthnow reconstructs the social and cultural reasons for an emphasis on a spirituality of dwelling (houses of worship, denominations, neighborhoods) during...
The evolution of American spirituality over the past fifty years is the subject of Robert Wuthnow's engrossing new book. Wuthnow uses in-depth intervi...
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201,68 zł |
Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches
ISBN: 9780520268081 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In Boundless Faith, the first book to look systematically at American Christianity in relation to globalization, Robert Wuthnow shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in U.S. policies and programs abroad. These changes, he argues, can be seen in the growth of support at home for missionaries and churches in other countries and in the large number of Americans who participate in short-term volunteer efforts abroad. These outreaches include building orphanages, starting microbusinesses,...
In Boundless Faith, the first book to look systematically at American Christianity in relation to globalization, Robert Wuthnow shows that Amer...
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115,32 zł |
I Come Away Stronger: How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion
ISBN: 9780802807373 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. These portraits are powerful and highly personal because they tell the stories. both collective and personal, of each group, revealing agreement and dissension, closeness and alienation, growth and stagnation. The result is an intimate inside look at the dynamics of small groups.
These portraits are powerful and highly personal because they tell the stories. both collective and personal, of each group, revealing agreement and d...
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163,80 zł |
What Happens When We Practice Religion?: Textures of Devotion in Ordinary Life
ISBN: 9780691198590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An exploration of the interdisciplinary methods used to understand religious practiceReligion is commonly viewed as something that people practice, whether in the presence of others or alone. But what do we mean exactly by "practice"? What approaches help to answer this question? What Happens When We Practice Religion? delves into the central c
An exploration of the interdisciplinary methods used to understand religious practiceReligion is commonly viewed as something that people practice, wh...
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153,76 zł |
Rough Country: How Texas Became America S Most Powerful Bible-Belt State
ISBN: 9780691159898 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how distinctions between "us" and "them" are perpetuated and why they are so often shaped by religion and politics. Early settlers called Texas a rough country. Surviving there necessitated defining evil, fighting it, and building... Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed president... |
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219,66 zł |
The Crisis in the Churches: Spiritual Malaise, Fiscal Woe
ISBN: 9780195110203 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. At a time when already overworked clergy are being called upon by budget cutting politicians to do more for the poor, the sick, and the elderly, American churches are suffering persistent financial shortfalls. In fact, contrary to popular media images of millionaire televangelists, America's churches are cutting back programs and staff, clergy salaries are stagnating, and many parishes are having trouble raising enough money to keep the church lit and heated on Sunday. Why are America's churches in financial distress? Robert Wuthnow, a leading commentator on religious life in America, asserts...
At a time when already overworked clergy are being called upon by budget cutting politicians to do more for the poor, the sick, and the elderly, Ameri...
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166,88 zł |
America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity
ISBN: 9780691134116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Yet many Americans continue to regard the United States as a Christian society. How are we adapting to the new diversity? Do we casually announce that we "respect" the faiths of non-Christians without understanding much about those faiths? Are we willing to do the hard work required to achieve genuine religious pluralism? Award-winning author Robert Wuthnow tackles these and other difficult questions surrounding religious diversity and... Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Y... |
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254,39 zł |
God and Mammon in America
ISBN: 9780684863917 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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108,98 zł |
After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- And Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion
ISBN: 9780691146140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Much has been written about the profound impact the post-World War II baby boomers had on American religion. But the lifestyles and beliefs of the generation that has followed--and the influence these younger Americans in their twenties and thirties are having on the face of religion--are not so well understood. It is this next wave of post-boomers that Robert Wuthnow examines in this illuminating book. What are their churchgoing habits and spiritual interests and needs? How does their faith affect their families, their communities, and their politics? Interpreting new evidence... Much has been written about the profound impact the post-World War II baby boomers had on American religion. But the lifestyles and beliefs of the ... |
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164,75 zł |
Rediscovering the Sacred: Perspectives on Religion in Contemporary Society
ISBN: 9780802806338 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Claiming that the realm of the sacred in modern societies is characterized more by rediscovery than by revival, Wuthnow examines the main theoretical approaches toward religion that have emerged of late in the social sciences and shows how these approaches can help explain the shifting location of the sacred.
Claiming that the realm of the sacred in modern societies is characterized more by rediscovery than by revival, Wuthnow examines the main theoretical ...
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93,91 zł |