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Sleeping Giant Has Awoken The New Politics of Religion in the United States

Robbins Jeffrey W. Robbins Jeffrey W. Magee Neal
Innbundet / 2008 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780826429681
Publisert
2008-06-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
248

Redaktør
Robbins Jeffrey W.
Magee Neal
Forfatter
Robbins Jeffrey W.

Biographical note

Jeffrey W. Robbins is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy (August 2002 to present) and Director of the College Colloquium (January 2006 to present) Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania. Neal Magee is Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Le Moyne College, 2005-2007. Slavoj Zizek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York. John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University

Sleeping Giant Has Awoken The New Politics of Religion in the United States

Robbins Jeffrey W. Robbins Jeffrey W. Magee Neal
Innbundet / 2008 / Engelsk
Robbins Jeffrey W. Robbins Jeffrey W. Magee Neal
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In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.

- Aaron Klink, The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, Fall 2008

[Magee's] insights are powerful and important in the consideration of the marriage of religion and politics in America today...his writing is powerful due to the imagery it invokes in each word, like he painfully exorcises every syllable from some demonic labyrinth hidden deep in the bowels of the planet. Those bowels are always political in his eyes, when he concludes that, quoting Robert Bork, "There is an eager and growing market for depravity, and profitable industries [are] devoted to supplying it." America's Sleeping Giant is feeding from this depravity, and this collection of essays does an exceptional job of shining a light on some of the more hidden aspects in our culture today.

Popmatters.com

What are the dangers of religion missing with politics in America? The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States is a collection of thoughts on the subject, running from the 2004 presidential race to 2008. The ideas found within offer much knowledge, ideas, and points out many ideas that one may have not have thought of before on the subject. An ideal anthology of essays to expand one's mind, The Sleeping Giant Has Awoeken is a must for anyone who would truly understand religion's place in politics.

The Midwest Book Review

The triumph of American political conservatism in the last two decades has been paralleled by the ascendance of Christian evangelicalism. More importantly, the political campaigns of 2000 and 2004 marked a convergence between these two political entities with an effectiveness never before seen in national elections. This cultural shift turns on a mutual embrace. On the one side, conservatives have successfully set the terms of debate around so-called family values and the status of religion in the public sphere. On the other side, evangelicals have mobilized in a new self-awareness of their formidable political power and now demand representation at all levels of government. What are the religious seeds of this convergence? Upon what fundamental ideas does it rest? What potential dangers does it present for the concepts of religion, politics and America? How secure is this alliance, and what does each side sacrifice in order to sustain it? Must all religion in America now become similarly engaged in the political sphere? This volume is a collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture. Drawing widely upon examples from contemporary culture, these articles are a critical engagement with this turn and attempt to delineate its dynamics, trajectory, and content.
Les mer
A collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture. Drawing upon examples from contemporary culture, these articles are a critical engagement with this turn and attempt to delineate its dynamics, trajectory, and content.
Les mer
Introduction; "A Taste for Theory" - John D. Caputo; 1. "Radical Religion and American Democracy" - Jeffrey W. Robbins; 2. "Prophetic Evangelicalism: Towards a Politics of Hope" - Peter Goodwin Heltzel; 3. "A Christian Politics of Vulnerability" - Anna Mercedes; 4. "Truthiness, Family Values and Conservative Consumerism" - Adam S. Miller; 5. " "The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity" - Christopher Haley and Creston Davis. 6. "Jeb Stuart's Revenge: The Civil War, the Religious Right, and American Fascism" - Clayton Crockett; 7. "In What Sense is the United States a Theocracy?" - Ben Stahlberg; 8. "Christianity, Capitalism, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republic" - Andrew Saldino; 9. "Sovereignty and State-Form" - Rocco Gangle; 10. "The Politics of Immanence" - J. Heath Atchley; 11. "An Army of One?' Subject, Signifier, and the Symbolic" - Melissa Conroy; 12. "Freedom Ain't Free: Politics and Religion at the Heart of a Muddled Concept" - Mary-Jane Rubenstein; 13. "Incongruent Beliefs and the Vitality of Fantasy: The New Politics of Religion" - Neal Magee; Postface; "Better Dead than Red - Again!" - Slavoj Zizek.
Les mer
In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.
Les mer
A collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture.
Provides readers with a basic vocabulary for discussing and understanding the contemporary American political-religious scene.

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In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.

- Aaron Klink, The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, Fall 2008

[Magee's] insights are powerful and important in the consideration of the marriage of religion and politics in America today...his writing is powerful due to the imagery it invokes in each word, like he painfully exorcises every syllable from some demonic labyrinth hidden deep in the bowels of the planet. Those bowels are always political in his eyes, when he concludes that, quoting Robert Bork, "There is an eager and growing market for depravity, and profitable industries [are] devoted to supplying it." America's Sleeping Giant is feeding from this depravity, and this collection of essays does an exceptional job of shining a light on some of the more hidden aspects in our culture today.

Popmatters.com

What are the dangers of religion missing with politics in America? The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States is a collection of thoughts on the subject, running from the 2004 presidential race to 2008. The ideas found within offer much knowledge, ideas, and points out many ideas that one may have not have thought of before on the subject. An ideal anthology of essays to expand one's mind, The Sleeping Giant Has Awoeken is a must for anyone who would truly understand religion's place in politics.

The Midwest Book Review

The triumph of American political conservatism in the last two decades has been paralleled by the ascendance of Christian evangelicalism. More importantly, the political campaigns of 2000 and 2004 marked a convergence between these two political entities with an effectiveness never before seen in national elections. This cultural shift turns on a mutual embrace. On the one side, conservatives have successfully set the terms of debate around so-called family values and the status of religion in the public sphere. On the other side, evangelicals have mobilized in a new self-awareness of their formidable political power and now demand representation at all levels of government. What are the religious seeds of this convergence? Upon what fundamental ideas does it rest? What potential dangers does it present for the concepts of religion, politics and America? How secure is this alliance, and what does each side sacrifice in order to sustain it? Must all religion in America now become similarly engaged in the political sphere? This volume is a collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture. Drawing widely upon examples from contemporary culture, these articles are a critical engagement with this turn and attempt to delineate its dynamics, trajectory, and content.
Les mer
A collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture. Drawing upon examples from contemporary culture, these articles are a critical engagement with this turn and attempt to delineate its dynamics, trajectory, and content.
Les mer
Introduction; "A Taste for Theory" - John D. Caputo; 1. "Radical Religion and American Democracy" - Jeffrey W. Robbins; 2. "Prophetic Evangelicalism: Towards a Politics of Hope" - Peter Goodwin Heltzel; 3. "A Christian Politics of Vulnerability" - Anna Mercedes; 4. "Truthiness, Family Values and Conservative Consumerism" - Adam S. Miller; 5. " "The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity" - Christopher Haley and Creston Davis. 6. "Jeb Stuart's Revenge: The Civil War, the Religious Right, and American Fascism" - Clayton Crockett; 7. "In What Sense is the United States a Theocracy?" - Ben Stahlberg; 8. "Christianity, Capitalism, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republic" - Andrew Saldino; 9. "Sovereignty and State-Form" - Rocco Gangle; 10. "The Politics of Immanence" - J. Heath Atchley; 11. "An Army of One?' Subject, Signifier, and the Symbolic" - Melissa Conroy; 12. "Freedom Ain't Free: Politics and Religion at the Heart of a Muddled Concept" - Mary-Jane Rubenstein; 13. "Incongruent Beliefs and the Vitality of Fantasy: The New Politics of Religion" - Neal Magee; Postface; "Better Dead than Red - Again!" - Slavoj Zizek.
Les mer
In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.
Les mer
A collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture.
Provides readers with a basic vocabulary for discussing and understanding the contemporary American political-religious scene.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780826429681
Publisert
2008-06-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
248

Redaktør
Robbins Jeffrey W.
Magee Neal
Forfatter
Robbins Jeffrey W.

Biographical note

Jeffrey W. Robbins is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy (August 2002 to present) and Director of the College Colloquium (January 2006 to present) Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania. Neal Magee is Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Le Moyne College, 2005-2007. Slavoj Zizek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York. John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University

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