{"product_id":"civil-religion-today-rhys-h-williams-9781479809844","title":"Civil Religion Today: Religion and the American Nation in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoves the discussion of American civil religion into the twenty-first century \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCivil Religion, a term made popular by sociologist Robert Bellah a little over fifty years ago, describes how people might share in a sacred sense of their nation. While hotly debated, the idea continues to enjoy wide application among academics and journalists. Bellah used civil religion to make sense of the turmoil of the 1960s, especially moral debates provoked by the Vietnam War. Now, a half-century later, American society is again riven by conflict over immigration, economic inequality, racial oppression, and \"culture wars\" issues. Is Bellah's hopeful assessment still useful for understanding contemporary America? If not, how should we think of it differently? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivil Religion Today\u003c\/i\u003e reassesses the term to take stock of its usefulness after fifty years of engagement in the field. Looking both at the concept and at ground-level studies of how we might find civil religion in practice, this book aims to push the conversation forward, considering how and in what ways it is helpful in our current social and political context, evaluating which parts are worth keeping, which can be reformulated, and which can now be usefully discarded. It suggests we go \"beyond Bellah\" in theory and practice, thinking about American society in a new century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhys H. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479809845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479809844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022","brand":"Rhys H. Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944687665407,"sku":"9781479809844","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2882cfd-69bb-4c56-82c8-115ef3259c34.jpg?v=1681504703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/civil-religion-today-rhys-h-williams-9781479809844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}