"This highly readable collection of original, thought-provoking essays by leading scholars provides fresh insights into the issues that Robert Bellah has addressed so fruitfully in his long career. Readers will learn much about such issues as how Calvinism contributed to political revolution, why democracies require an enlarged sense of political community, how the religious foundations of Japan and the United States differ, and what it means to be a Christian and an American."--Benton Johnson, coauthor of "Vanishing Boundaries: The Religion of Protestant Baby Boomers (1994) and author of "Functionalism in Modern Sociology: Understanding Talcott Parsons (1975)
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"This highly readable collection of original, thought-provoking essays by leading scholars provides fresh insights into the issues that Robert Bellah has addressed so fruitfully in his long career. Readers will learn much about such issues as how Calvinism contributed to political revolution, why democracies require an enlarged sense of political community, how the religious foundations of Japan and the United States differ, and what it means to be a Christian and an American."--Benton Johnson, coauthor of "Vanishing Boundaries: The Religion of Protestant Baby Boomers (1994) and author of "Functionalism in Modern Sociology: Understanding Talcott Parsons (1975)
Imprint | University of California Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | December 2001 |
Editors | Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, Steven M. Tipton |
Epilogue by | Robert N. Bellah |
Dimensions | 235 x 159 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 362 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-22657-9 |
Barcode | 9780520226579 |
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LSN | 0-520-22657-7 |