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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 200.97309045 EAN: 9780815718697 ISBN: 0815718691 Label: Brookings Institution Press Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 188 Publication Date: 2000-11 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Studio: Brookings Institution Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: More than two hundred years have passed since the Constitution was written, yet Americans still cannot make up their minds whether religion is primarily private, public, or a combination of the two. This collection of essays explores the unsettledand often unsettlingquestion of organized religions role in contemporary public life. Richard N. Ostling reviews religious belief and practice in the United States in a survey of the ever-changing religious landscape, while Robert J. Blendon and others compare the political, moral, and religious values of the 1960s with those of the 1990s. Patrick Glynn and Alan Wolfe examine different religious responses to the recent presidential scandal, and James Q. Wilson, John J. DiIulio Jr., and Ram Cnaan examine the rise of faith-based social programs, including the shift of private funds to social service providers, the role of black churches in the inner city, and social and community work by urban religious congregations. Additional contributors include Taylor Branch, Kurt Schmoke, Cal Thomas, and Peter Wehner. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent primer for the new debateThe issue of "charitable choice" and faith-based organizations' eligibility for federal funding for social service programs is a very important topic of discussion in nonprofit and governmental circles, as well as among the general public. This book is a collection of essays from some of the leading thinkers in the field on these issues and others related to religion and public policy in America. E.J. Dionne is a Senior Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution and ... Read More Rating: - Thought provoking, highly recommended readingWhat's God Got To Do With The American Experiment? is a collection of essays examining the role of religion in public life as played out in the political arena in a democracy. Answers to questions about the complex relationship between religious faith and the American democracy are obscure, controversial, and constantly evolving from generation to generation. The essayists examine a variety of issues ranging from the role of a spiritual advisor to President Clinton, to faith-based social programs, ... Read More Rating:  - A Good Read!This is a very informative book by the always informative E. J. Dionne. The book provides a series of strong essays detailing the evolution and role of religion is American politics. A good read for any Government student. 
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