{"product_id":"god-religion-and-civil-governance-titus-craig-steven-9780977310395","title":"God, Religion and Civil Governance","description":"This volume, \u003ci\u003eGod, Religion, and Civil Governance\u003c\/i\u003e, aims to confirm that\u003cbr\u003eliberty and autonomy are essential to contemporary Western democratic\u003cbr\u003esocieties. However, so is religion. Religious freedom actually serves\u003cbr\u003eas the most basic liberty that protects our other freedoms and human\u003cbr\u003erights, while serving the common good. Religious freedom, in this view, \u003cbr\u003ecannot be reduced to the freedom to worship the God of the universe.\u003cbr\u003eIt also includes recognizing the moral structure of the universe and the\u003cbr\u003emoral principles that honor the basic dignity of each human person\u003cbr\u003efrom conception to death. Although Christianity has influenced Western\u003cbr\u003ecivilization's notion of God, religious freedom, its laws, and forms\u003cbr\u003eof governance, the effect of secularization and extreme views on the\u003cbr\u003eseparation of church and state have created new challenges for Western\u003cbr\u003ecivilization. Claims about certain individual rights and governmental\u003cbr\u003eprerogatives have been used to limit religious and other basic freedoms\u003cbr\u003eand rights. This volume addresses the major issues concerning God, \u003cbr\u003ereligion, and civil governance in a way that offers guidance for a civic\u003cbr\u003eculture that seeks both a sure sense of its roots and a level measure for\u003cbr\u003egovernance supported by just law, human dignity, and virtuous character.\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE EDITOR\u003cbr\u003eCraig Steven Titus is Associate Professor and Director of Integrative Studies\u003cbr\u003eat the Institute for the Psychological Sciences (Arlington, VA) and is the author of\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eResilience and the Virtue of Fortitude: Aquinas in Dialogue with the Psychosocial\u003cbr\u003eSciences\u003c\/i\u003e (CUA Press, 2006) and numerous articles and book chapters. He has edited\u003cbr\u003e14 books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Titus Craig Steven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0977310396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780977310395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.51w x 0.47d","brand":"Titus Craig Steven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443759919359,"sku":"9780977310395","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_551de0ac-6bfe-44c7-a8a0-c718a8db9105.jpg?v=1777207656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-religion-and-civil-governance-titus-craig-steven-9780977310395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}