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The last few years have seen dizzying social change in the United States. Many of these changes—such as the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage—seem to challenge or overturn long-standing Christian teachings, while disputes over issues such a...

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A Political History of the Bible in America

By Paul D. Hanson

"Biblica l history, enriched by many religious and cultural traditions, flows into and is intertwined with our nation's epic, both for better and for worse. To ignore that history is to cut ourselves off from our roots and to deny the ancestral exper...

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The Altars Where We Worship
The Religious Significance of Popular Culture

By Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, Mark G. Toulouse

While a large percentage of Americans claim religious identity, the number of Americans attending traditional worship services has significantly declined in recent decades. Where, then, are Americans finding meaning in their lives, if not in the cont...

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The American Empire and the Commonwealth of God
A Political, Economic, Religious Statement

By John B. Cobb, Jr., Richard A. Falk, David Ray Griffin, Catherine Keller

In this book, four distinguished scholars level a powerful critique of the rapid expansion of the emerging American empire and its oppressive and destructive political, military, and economic policies. Arguing that a global Pax Americana is internati...

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The Bible in Politics, Second Edition
How to Read the Bible Politically

By Richard Bauckham

This second edition of Bauckham's wonderful work is essential reading for understanding the relationship between the Bible and politics. The enduring value of The Bible in Politics is that it teaches the reader how to read the Bible politically and t...

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Bonhoeffer and King
Speaking Truth to Power

By J. Deotis Roberts

A study of two of the most significant prophetic leaders in the twentieth century, J. Deotis Roberts's Bonhoeffer and King is an instructive work in theological ethics. This book considers and compares the theological reflections that guided Bonhoeff...

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Chosen?
Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Walter Brueggemann

"The conflict is only `seemingly' beyond solution, because all historical-political problems have solutions, if there is enough courage, honesty, and steadfastness." In Chosen?, Walter Brueggemann explores the situation in modern-day Israel that rais...

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Common Ground
Talking about Gun Violence in America

By Donald V. Gaffney

Every time a shooting makes national headlines, the same debates erupt: Is the problem guns or mental health? Why is the United States unique in its gun violence problem? Can we reduce this violence while protecting the right to bear arms? Newtown, C...

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Doing Justice in Our Cities
Lessons in Public Policy from America's Heartland

By Warren R. Copeland

Warren Copeland draws from his experience of more than two decades in city politics and addresses head on the issue of Christian ethics in public service. Throughout, he animates the discussion with numerous anecdotes from his tenure in City Hall, co...

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Eleanor: A Spiritual Biography
The Faith of the 20th Century's Most Influential Woman

By Harold Ivan Smith

More than fifty years after her death, Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered as a formidable first lady and tireless social activist. Often overlooked, however, is her deep and inclusive spirituality. Her personal faith was shaped by reading the New Testam...

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Exodus from Hunger
We Are Called to Change the Politics of Hunger

By David Beckmann

It is within America's technical and financial power to help end world hunger in our lifetime, if we set our hearts and minds to the task. Contrary to what many people believe, the world has made measurable advancements against hunger and poverty ove...

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From Preachers to Suffragists
Woman's Rights and Religious Conviction in the Lives of Three Nineteenth-Century

By Beverly Zink-Sawyer

The women's rights movement in nineteenth-century America has primarily been interpreted as a secular movement. However, in From Preachers to Suffragists, Beverly Zink-Sawyer examines the lives of three nineteenth-century clergywomen--Antoinette Brow...

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God in Public
Four Ways American Christianity and Public Life Relate

By Mark G. Toulouse

In this important study, Mark Toulouse maps the ambiguous landscape between American Christianity and American public life. Built on an extensive study of religious periodical literature since the mid-1950s and on an analysis of landmark events in Am...

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Ideology in America
Challenges to Faith

By Alan Geyer

In this prophetic and inspiring call to justice, peace, and economic democracy, Alan Geyer proposes strategies for mainline churches and ecumenical institutions to counter the assault of damaging conservative ideologies. With passion and trademark cl...

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In Defense of Civility
How Religion Can Unite America on Seven Moral Issues that Divide Us

By James Calvin Davis

From "the big four" (abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, and stem- cell research) to war, poverty, and the environment, this timely book considers religion's impact on moral debates in America's past and present. James Calvin Davis argues for religi...

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