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  • The Religious Left

    What It Does and How It Can Do Better

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    An incisive examination of progressive faith-based activism and its impact on American public lifeWhile the Religious Right often dominates headlines, the Religious Left has been a persistent and influential force in shaping public policy across a wide spectrum of issues—from immigration and climate change to gun reform, marriage equality, and criminal justice. Despite its lower visibility, its ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Left Behind

    Decline and Rage in Small-Town America

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural AmericansWhat is fueling rural America’s outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And is there a more nuanced explanation for the growing rural-urban divide? Drawing on more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews, Robert Wuthnow brings us into America’s small towns, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Be Very Afraid

    The Cultural Response to Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, and Other Threats

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    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 ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    How the actions and advocacy of diverse religious communities in the United States have supported democracy’s development during the past centuryDoes religion benefit democracy? Robert Wuthnow says yes. In Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy, Wuthnow makes his case by moving beyond the focus on unifying values or narratives about culture wars and elections. Rather, he demonstrates that the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • What Happens When We Practice Religion?

    Textures of Devotion in Everyday Life

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    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 concepts, arguments, and tools used to understand ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights

    Edited by Thomas Banchoff, Robert Wuthnow ...
    Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice? And when, if ever, is it legitimate for external actors to impose their understandings of human rights upon particular countries? In the contemporary context of globalization, these questions have a salient religious dimension. Religion intersects with ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Inventing American Religion

    Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation's Faith

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    Today, a billion-dollar-a-year polling industry floods the media with information. Pollsters tell us not only which political candidates will win, but how we are practicing our faith. How many Americans went to church last week? Have they been born again? Is Jesus as popular as Harry Potter? Polls tell us that 40 percent of Americans attend religious services each week. They show that African ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • God And Mammon In America

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    Drawing on a new survey of more than two thousand working Americans, the author of Christianity in the 21st Century explores the relationship between religious faith and attitudes toward work and money to examine Americans' ambivalence toward materialism and consumerism. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Saving America?

    Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    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 ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • Nurturing Happiness

    How Religion Shapes Emotional Practice

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    How does religious faith contribute to happiness? The usual answer is that religious belief relieves the anxieties of ordinary life and that religious belonging provides emotional support. But a growing body of literature suggests that happiness is more complicated than that. Happiness is not only a feeling. It is a practice that we engage in actively, that we attempt to manage, and that is in ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Poor Richard's Principle

    Recovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow--not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in terms of broader commitments to family, community, and humanitarian values. Nowadays, we are working ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

  • The Religion and Science Debate

    Why Does It Continue?

    by Ronald L. Numbers, Kenneth R. Miller, Lawrence M. Krauss, Alvin Plantinga, Robert Wuthnow ...
    Series series The Terry Lectures Series
    Eighty-one years after America witnessed the Scopes trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools, the debate between science and religion continues. In this book scholars from a variety of disciplines—sociology, history, science, and theology—provide new insights into the contemporary dialogue as well as some perspective suggestions for delineating the responsibilities of both the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD