Book Summary
"Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America" offers a fresh approach to key questions about what role religion plays in fostering civic responsibility in contemporary American society. Written by five prominent scholars of religion and politics, led by Calvin College's Corwin Smidt, the book articulates how religion shapes participation in a range of civic activities. The authors examine whether an individual exhibits a diminished, a privatized, a public, or an integrated form of religious expression, based on the individual's level of participation in both the public or private dimensions of religious life. The book is a bold and provocative clarion call to the continuing importance and changing nature of religion in American public life. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of religion and politics, and culture and politics, as well as general readers with an interest in the impact of religion in the public sphere.
Book Details
| Book Name | Pews, Prayers, And Participation: Religion And Civic Responsibility In America |
| Author | Corwin E. Smidt, Kevin R. Den Dulk, Douglas L. Koopman |
| Publisher | Georgetown University Press (Nov 2008) |
| ISBN | 9781589012189 |
| Pages | 280 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 2279 |
