{"product_id":"public-pulpits-steven-m-tipton-9780226804743","title":"Public Pulpits: Methodists and Mainline Churches in the Moral Argument of Public Life","description":"Since the 2000 presidential election, debate over the role of religion in public life has followed a narrow course as pundits and politicians alike have focused on the influence wielded by conservative Christians. But what about more mainstream Christians? Here, Steven M. Tipton examines the political activities of Methodists and mainline churches in this groundbreaking investigation into a generation of denominational strife among church officials, lobbyists, and activists. The result is an unusually detailed and thoughtful account that upends common stereotypes while asking searching questions about the contested relationship between church and state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDocumenting a wide range of reactions to two radically different events--the invasion of Iraq and the creation of the faith-based initiatives program--Tipton charts the new terrain of religious and moral argument under the Bush administration from Pat Robertson to Jim Wallis. He then turns to the case of the United Methodist Church, of which President Bush is a member, to uncover the twentieth-century history of their political advocacy, culminating in current threats to split the Church between liberal peace-and-justice activists and crusaders for evangelical renewal. \u003ci\u003ePublic Pulpits\u003c\/i\u003e balances the firsthand drama of this internal account with a meditative exploration of the wider social impact that mainline churches have had in a time of diverging fortunes and diminished dreams of progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn eminently fair-minded and ethically astute analysis of how churches keep moral issues alive in politics, \u003ci\u003ePublic Pulpits\u003c\/i\u003e delves deep into mainline Protestant efforts to enlarge civic conscience and cast clearer light on the commonweal and offers a masterly overview of public religion in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven M. Tipton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226804747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226804743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.37w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2008 pg. 34","brand":"Steven M. Tipton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086427435263,"sku":"9780226804743","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84a75ea3-aaab-4336-9649-a88d69966e0f.jpg?v=1769094611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/public-pulpits-steven-m-tipton-9780226804743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}