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Good and Bad Ways to Think about Religion and Politics Robert Benne Clear, useful guide to a subject too often characterized by confusion and loud rhetoric Anger is what provoked Robert Benne to write this book. “There is nothing greater than indignation to stimulate a writer to write,” he says, “and my outrage has been stirred mightily by reading so many wrongheaded ‘takes’ on how religion and politics ought to be related.” In this book Benne describes and analyzes the two main bad ways of relating religion and politics — “separationism” and “fusionism” — and offers a better way that he calls “critical engagement.” He first explains this approach in theoretical terms and then reflects on the practical ways in which such convictions reach the public sphere of policy. This better way derives in large part from the Lutheran tradition, with a few tweaks to adapt the tradition to deal with the new challenges of our present situation. “Robert Benne’s thoughtful take on the right relation between religion and politics is both theologically perceptive and politically shrewd. Our politics would be better if those active in the public square followed his wise and balanced prescriptions.” — James Nuechterlein Senior Editor at Large, First Things Robert Benne is Director of the Roanoke College Center for Religion and Society and Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion Emeritus at Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. Among his other books are Reasonable Ethics: A Christian Approach to Social, Political, and Economic Concerns and Quality with Soul: How Six Premier Colleges and Universities Keep Faith with Their Religious Traditions. Of related interest The Desecularization of the World Peter L. Berger 978-0-8028-6387-4 The Naked Public Square Richard John Neuhaus 978-0-8028-0080-0 Liberty Glenn Tinder 978-0-8028-0392-4 Religion & Society August / 978-0-8028-6364-5 5½″ × 8½″ paperback 120 pages / $14.00 [£8.99] 10 www.eerdmans.com toll free 800 253 7521
Major recent (auto)biographies Hannah’s Child A Theologian’s Memoir Stanley Hauerwas Riveting reflections by a world-renowned theologian on his lifelong journey of faith “Hannah’s Child might well be Stanley Hauerwas’s best book. It is must reading for everyone who knows him, either firsthand or through his other writings.” — Jeffrey Stout “Fans of Christian memoirs will be pleased with Hauerwas’s frank yet poignant style, and those who are simply fans of the memoir genre will find the book’s careful blend of faith and scholarship easily accessible and far from didactic.” — Publishers Weekly 978-0-8028-6487-1 / 6″ × 9″ hardcover / 300 pages / $24.99 UK and Europe rights: SCM Pat Robertson A Life and Legacy David Edwin Harrell Jr. The fascinating, authoritative biography of an often-controversial American religious leader “Harrell is an eminent American religious biographer. Robertson is a colorful and engaging subject whose career provides a window on much of American religion and politics in the past half century. . . . Friends, foes, and ‘undecideds’ can all learn much from this comprehensive and well-crafted account.” — George Marsden 978-0-8028-6384-3 / 6″ × 9″ hardcover / 22 b&w photos 456 pages / $29.99 [£19.99] Hope in a Scattering Time A Life of Christopher Lasch Eric Miller The first biography of the best-selling author of The Culture of Narcissism “An intellectual inquiry and a moving personal portrait of a true American original.” — Jean Bethke Elshtain “Lasch is owed his due, and Eric Miller is the right person to provide it. . . . Miller’s biography is as thorough as it is thoughtful. . . . Lasch’s writings always fascinated me. . . . I never met the man, but thanks to this book I now feel that I have. I could not be more grateful to Miller for facilitating the introduction.” — Alan Wolfe in The New Republic 978-0-8028-1769-3 / 6″ × 9″ hardcover / 414 pages $32.00 [£21.99] Because of Christ Memoirs of a Lutheran Theologian Carl E. Braaten The compelling memoir of an eminent, influential American theologian More than simply an autobiography, Because of Christ is an intellectual travelogue par excellence, an informed chronicle of the chief theological conflicts of the twentieth century that have put the integrity of the gospel to the test. 978-0-8028-6471-0 / 6″ × 9″ paperback 223 pages / $18.00 [£11.99] www.eerdmans.com toll free 800 253 7521 11
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