Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America
This book offers a powerful defense of religion's role in sustaining democracy. Following Tocqueville, it reminds us that flourishing democracies rest upon more than mere political institutions. They also require a strong democratic culture built upon “habits of the heart,” on implicit mores an...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 538-539 |
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| Summary: | This book offers a powerful defense of religion's role in sustaining democracy. Following Tocqueville, it reminds us that flourishing democracies rest upon more than mere political institutions. They also require a strong democratic culture built upon “habits of the heart,” on implicit mores and beliefs that sustain liberty., Smidt et al. examine religion's capacity not simply to promote active participation but to promote the broader, more normative, qualities of what they term “civic responsibility.” This virtue entails three primary qualities: (1) behaviors of civic engagement, (2) capacities of civic interest and knowledge, and (3) virtues of tolerance and honesty. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp079 |