Healthy conflict in contemporary American society: from enemy to adversary

US citizens perceive their society to be one of the most diverse and religiously tolerant in the world today. Yet seemingly intractable religious intolerance and moral conflict abound throughout contemporary US public life--from abortion law battles, same-sex marriage, post-9/11 Islamophobia, public...

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Main Author: Springs, Jason A. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York, NY Melbourne New Delhi Cambridge University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Multi-cultural society / Social conflict / Political culture / Polarization / Cultural identity / Conflict / Social situation / Mediation
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Cultural Pluralism
B Polarization (Social sciences) United States
B Cultural Pluralism United States
B United States Social conditions 21st century United States
B Political Culture
B Polarization (Social sciences)
B Social Conflict Political aspects United States
B Social Conditions
B Social Conflict Political aspects
B Religion And Politics United States
B Religion And Politics
B Political Culture United States
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Summary:US citizens perceive their society to be one of the most diverse and religiously tolerant in the world today. Yet seemingly intractable religious intolerance and moral conflict abound throughout contemporary US public life--from abortion law battles, same-sex marriage, post-9/11 Islamophobia, public school curriculum controversies, to moral and religious dimensions of the Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street movements, and Tea Party populism. Healthy Conflict in Contemporary American Society' develops an approach to democratic discourse and coalition-building across deep moral and religious divisions. Drawing on conflict transformation in peace studies, recent American pragmatist thought, and models of agonistic democracy, Jason Springs argues that, in circumstances riven with conflict between strong religious identities and deep moral and political commitments, productive engagement may depend on thinking creatively about how to constructively utilize conflict and intolerance. The result is an approach oriented by the recognition of conflict as a constituent and life-giving feature of social and political relationships
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1108424422
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108334945