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  Mexican American Catholics

  $24.95

  Presents the history of Christianity in Mexico via Spain, the conditions of Mexican Catholics in America, the challenges facing Mexican-American Catholics and suggestions on how to meet them.

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  After The Passion Is Gone

  $50.00

  Introduction
  J. Shawn Landres And Michael Berenbaum
  Part One: The Context Of The Passion

  Introduction To Part One

  Almost A Culture War: The Making Of The Passion Controversy
  Mark Silk (Trinity College)
  Passionate Blogging: Interfaith Controversy And The Internet
  William J. Cork (Catholic Diocese Of Galveston-Houston)
  Living In The World, But Not Of The World: Understanding Evangelical Support For The Passion Of The Christ
  Leslie Smith (UCSB)
  The Passion Paradox: Signposts On The Road Toward Mormon Protestantization
  Eric Samuelsen (BYU)
  Is It Finished? The Passion Of The Christ And The Fault Lines In American Christianity
  Julie Ingersoll (University Of North Florida)
  Part Two: The Passion In Context

  Introduction To Part Two

  The Journey Of The Passion Play From Medieval Piety To Contemporary Spirituality
  Karen Jo Torjesen (Claremont Graduate University)
  The Gibson Code?
  Lorenzo Albacete (St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers)
  “But Is It Art?”: A Prelude To Criticism Of Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ
  Robert A. Faggen (Claremont McKenna College)
  Antisemitism Without Erasure: Sacred Texts And Their Contemporary Interpretations
  Gary L. Gilbert (Claremont McKenna College)
  Theologizing The Death Of Jesus, Gibson’s The Passion, And Christian Identity
  Jeffrey S. Siker (Loyola Marymount University)
  Manly Pain And Motherly Love: Mel Gibson’s Big Picture
  David Morgan (Valparaiso University)
  Imago Christi: Aesthetic And Theological Issues In Jesus Films By Pasolini, Scorsese, And Gibson
  Lloyd Baugh, SJ (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome)
  Part Three: Jews And Christians: Reframing The Dialogue

  Introduction To Part Three

  Theological Bulimia: Christianity And Its Dejudaization
  Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College)
  A March Of Passion, Or, How I Came To Terms With A Film I Wasn’t Supposed To Like
  Stephen R. Haynes (Rhodes College)
  The Exposed Fault Line
  Richard L. Rubenstein (University Of Bridgeport)
  Crucifying Jesus: Antisemitism And The Passion Story
  Stephen T. Davis (Claremont McKenna College)
  Five Introspective Challenges
  David M. Elcott (American Jewish Committee)
  No Crucifixion = No Holocaust: Post-Holocaust Reflections On The Passion Of The Christ
  John K. Roth (Claremont McKenna College)
  The Passionate Encounter: The Ethics Of Affirming Your Faith In A Multi-Religious World
  Elliot N. Dorff (University Of Judaism)
  Reframing Difference: Evangelicals, Scripture, An

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  Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ topped box office charts and changed the American religious conversation. The controversies it raised remain unsettled. In After The Passion Is Gone: American Religious Consequences, leading scholars of religion and theology ask what Gibson’s film and the resulting controversy reveal about Christians, Jews, and the possibilities of interreligious dialogue in the United States. Landres and Berenbaum’s collection moves beyond questions of whether or not the film was faithful to the gospels, too violent, or antisemitic and explores why the debate focused on these issues but not others. The public discussion of The Passion shed light on a wide range of American attitudes–evangelical Protestant, mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish–about media and faith, politics and history, Jesus and Judaism, fundamentalism and victimhood. After The Passion Is Gone takes a unique view of vital points in Christian-Jewish relations and contemporary American religion

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  Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

  $50.00

  Foreword
  R. Laurence Moore
  The American Way Of Faith

  Confessional Protestantism

  Defining Conservatism Down

  The Intolerance Of Presbyterian Creeds

  The Sectarianism Of Reformed Polity

  The Irrelevance Of Luthern Liturgy

  Conclusion: Confessional Protestantism And The Making Of Hyphenated Americans

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  In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of Protestantism–confessionalism–as an alternative to prevailing religious theory. He explains that, unlike evangelical and mainline Protestants who emphasize faith’s role in solving social and personal problems, confessional Protestants locate Christianity’s significance in the creeds, ministry, and rituals of the church.

  Although critics have accused confessionalism of encouraging social apathy, Hart deftly argues that this form of Protestantism has much to contribute to current discussions on the role of religion in American public life, since confessionalism refuses to confuse the well-being of the nation with that of the church. The history of confessional Protestantism suggests that contrary to the legacy of revivalism, faith may be most vital and influential when less directly relevant to everyday problems, whether personal or social.

  Clear and engaging, D. G Hart’s groundbreaking study is essential reading for everyone exploring the intersection of religion and daily life.

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  American Catholics And Civic Engagement

  $144.00

  Introduction
  Peter Steinfels
  Part 1: Catholic Thought In The American Context

  The Common Good & Catholic Social Thought
  John A. Coleman
  Pluralism & The Common Good: A Response
  Jane Mansbridge
  Catholic Social Thought & The American Experience
  Stephen J. Pope
  Contending With Liberalism
  William A. Galston
  Catholics And The Liberal Tradition
  Michael Lacey & William M. Shea
  Part 2: Catholic Institutions In The American Public Square

  The Catholic Parish In The Public Square
  Philip J. Murnion
  What Do State Catholic Conferences Do?
  William Bole
  The Limits Of Coalitions And Compromises: The California State Catholic Conference
  Edward E. Dolejsi
  Catholic Health Care & The Challenge Of Civic Society
  Clarke E. Cochrane
  Part 3: Catholics In The Public Square: Autobiographies

  Pro-life, Pro-family, Pro-poor
  Mary Jo Bane
  State House Politician
  David Carlin
  On The Beat In The South Bronx And Central America
  David Gonzalez
  Politics And Polling
  Dotty Lynch
  A Journalist’s Calling
  Don Wycliff
  Look For The Real Story
  Paul Moses
  Family, Faith And Union
  Kirk Adams
  The Workers’ Worker
  John J. Sweeney
  Family, Good Fortune And Stewardship
  Thomas J. Donnelly
  God Deals With Me Through My Clients
  W. Shepherdson Abell
  Part 4: Catholics In The Voting Booth

  How Catholic Is The Catholic Vote?
  David C. Leege & Paul D. Mueller
  There Is No Catholic Vote-And It’s Important
  E.J. Dionne, Jr.
  Catholic Republicans
  Kate O’Beirne
  Communitarian Lite
  William Bole

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  Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this series gather selected essays from the Commonweal Colloquia and the joint meetings organized by the Commonweal Foundation and The Faith and Reason Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington. Participants in the Commonweal colloquia and the joint meetings–leading Catholic scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, novelists and poets, church administrators and lobbyists, activists, policy makers and politicians–produced approximately forty-five essays presented at ten meetings that brought together over two hundred and fifty participants. The two volumes in the American Catholics in the Public Square Series address many of the most critical issues now facing the Catholic Church in the United States by drawing from the four goals of the colloquia-to identify, assess, and critique the distinctive elements in Catholicism’s approach to civic life; to generate concrete analyses and recommendations for strengthening Catholic civic engagement; to encompass a broad spectrum of political and social views of Catholics to encourage dialogue between Catholic leaders, religious and secular media, and political thinkers; to reexamine the long-standing Catholic belief in the obligation to promote the common good and to clarify how Catholics may work better with those holding other religious or philosophical convictions toward revitalizing both the religious environment and civic participation in the American republic.

  This first volume, American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice, includes a general introduction by Peter Steinfels and is structured in four parts, each of which include a brief overview. Part One, Catholic Thought in the American Context, explore the fundamental concepts that underlie Catholic social thought and their relevance to American public debate and public policy-the intellectual tools with which Catholics have often participated in the public square. Part Two, Catholic Institutions in the American Public Square, reveal

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  Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

  $79.00

  Foreword
  R. Laurence Moore
  The American Way Of Faith

  Confessional Protestantism

  Defining Conservatism Down

  The Intolerance Of Presbyterian Creeds

  The Sectarianism Of Reformed Polity

  The Irrelevance Of Luthern Liturgy

  Conclusion: Confessional Protestantism And The Making Of Hyphenated Americans

  Additional Info
  In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of Protestantism–confessionalism–as an alternative to prevailing religious theory. He explains that, unlike evangelical and mainline Protestants who emphasize faith’s role in solving social and personal problems, confessional Protestants locate Christianity’s significance in the creeds, ministry, and rituals of the church.

  Although critics have accused confessionalism of encouraging social apathy, Hart deftly argues that this form of Protestantism has much to contribute to current discussions on the role of religion in American public life, since confessionalism refuses to confuse the well-being of the nation with that of the church. The history of confessional Protestantism suggests that contrary to the legacy of revivalism, faith may be most vital and influential when less directly relevant to everyday problems, whether personal or social.

  Clear and engaging, D. G Hart’s groundbreaking study is essential reading for everyone exploring the intersection of religion and daily life.

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