The Civic Gospel: A Political Cartography of Christianity

Authors

William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Julie Webber, Illinois State UniversityFollow

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Abstract

Georgia Southern faculty member William M. Reynolds co-authored The Civic Gospel: A Political Cartography of Christianity.

Part of Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education Series, Volume: 29

This book is a result of the times in which we are living. These times demand a response. When the authors began to write this book, it was not popular to dissent against the Bush administration. In fact, dissent was and still is equated with terrorism. Now, it might seem that the tide is turning and maybe after the 2008 election some of this nightmare we have been experiencing will change. At least that is the optimistic view. But there are small traces that the struggle the authors discuss in this book will continue well into the 21st century.
The intermingling of the political and the religious is still swirling in the present context. The Civic Gospel, as the authors discuss it, is the notion that preaching the Gospel is preaching politics and vise versa. This book is about that struggle and the issues related to it.

Publication Date

2009

Publisher

Brill

ISBN for this edition (13-digit)

978-90-8790-482-1

ISBN for additional format (13-digit)

978-90-8790-481-4