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* Read # Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama by Kenneth L. Woodward ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama There are few people writing today who could tell this important story with such authority and insight. Sun Myung Moon and est impresario Werner Erhardt; feminist theologians Rosemary Reuther and Elizabeth Schussler-Fiorenza; plus the author’s long time friend, the Dalai Lama. From Reinhold Niebuhr to Billy Graham, from Abraham Heschel to the Dali Lama, from George W. Woodward, is ideal perfect for readers looking to understand how religion came to be a contentious element in 21st century
| Title | : | Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101907398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
There are few people writing today who could tell this important story with such authority and insight. Sun Myung Moon and est impresario Werner Erhardt; feminist theologians Rosemary Reuther and Elizabeth Schussler-Fiorenza; plus the author’s long time friend, the Dalai Lama. From Reinhold Niebuhr to Billy Graham, from Abraham Heschel to the Dali Lama, from George W. Woodward, is ideal perfect for readers looking to understand how religion came to be a contentious element in 21st century public life. Here the award-winning author blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with copious reporting and shrewd historical analysis to tell the story of how American religion, culture and politics influenced each other in the second half of the 20th century. Beginning with a bold reassessment of the Fifties, Woodward’s narrative weaves through Civil Rights era and the movements that followed in its wake: the anti-Vietnam movement; Liberation theology in Latin America; the rise of Evangelicalism and decline of mainline Protestantism; women’s liberation and Bi
"Insightful book on the religious landscape from the 1950's till now" according to Chris Land. If you have followed the news, you would notice religion seems to be a topic that many talk about whether negative or positive. The landscape of religion in America has changed as well. In the 1950's, church attendance was looked on as a positive aspect about your character where today, in some circles, it is consi. Religion in all stripes Sheep23 Getting Religion: Faith, Culture and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama by Kenneth L. WoodwardA book spanning faith, culture and politics from a noted Newsweek Religion reporter for many years is bound to stir up the pot. And yet, Kenneth Woodward’s new book, Getting Religion, is as much
Having personally witnessed many of most important events in American religion over the past half century, Woodward provides close-up, moment-to-moment reality to stories others often missed. He’s a reporter of the old school, taking the time both to get the story right and to be artful about how he crafts his prose. Ken Woodward’s Getting Religion is in some ways even better because de Tocqueville was a just visitor to America while Woodward is a sympathetic insider who loves church and state as well as the separation between them that mutually enriches both. This
He is the author of Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint and Who Doesn't and The Book of Miracles: The Meaning of the Miracle Stories in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam.. He remained a writer-at-large at Newsweek until 2009. KENNETH L. WOODWARD, edited Newsweek's Religion section from 1964 until his reti
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