The Future of Faith in American Politics

出版者:Baylor University Press

作者:Gushee, David P.

页数:358

出版时间:2008-1-15

价格:USD 29.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781602580718

具体描述

David Gushee argues convincingly that there is in U.S. politics an "evangelical center" of voters who do not identify with the politics and religion of either the right or the left. Although evangelical Christians are portrayed by the media as conservatives, Gushee claims that the evangelical movement includes nearly even numbers of voters on the right, in the center, and on the left of the political spectrum. He provides portraits of the major figures in each of the three camps, outlines the core convictions of the adherents, and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each group's positions. He suggests that the evangelical center is poised for growth; this book could be its manifesto.

作者简介

Dr. David P. Gushee (BA, College of William & Mary; Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy, Union Theological Seminary in New York) is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University, where he has served for eleven years.

Widely regarded as one of the world's leading Christian ethicists, he is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 22 books and approximately 150 book chapters, journal articles, and reviews. His most notable books include Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Kingdom Ethics, The Sacredness of Human Life, Evangelical Ethics, A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends, Still Christian, and the forthcoming Moral Leadership for a Divided Age: Fourteen People Who Dared to Change Our World.

Dr. Gushee was elected by his peers to serve as the current President of the American Academy of Religion and the immediate Past-President of the Society of Christian Ethics, a very rare combination for any religion scholar.

A devoted teacher, Professor Gushee offers courses to seminary students at Mercer's McAfee School of Theology, and to college students in Macon. Over a busy 25-year career, he has written opinion pieces or given interviews to almost all major national and religion media outlets in the United States and many around the world. He has also been heavily involved in numerous activist efforts for peace, justice, human dignity, and the integrity of God's creation, most notably in addressing torture, climate change, and the continued harm being inflicted on LGBTQ persons by Christian churches and families.

Dr. Gushee, his beloved wife Jeanie, and their regal cat Noah live in NE Atlanta, where they are happily surrounded by four generations of family members, including his father, sister, three children, and two grandchildren. He is a classic novel reader, world traveler, and tennis player, and awaits a call from his beloved Atlanta Braves to resume the baseball career he abandoned in college.

目录信息

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I - Evangelicals and Public Life: Across the Spectrum
1. Clearing the Ground
2. The Evangelical Right
3. The Evangelical Left
4. The Emerging Evangelical Center
Part II - Finding the Center: Key Issues for Evangelical Public Engagement
5. Torture and Human Rights
6. Marriage and the Law
7. Creation Care and the Climate Change Debate
8. Evangelicals and War
Conclusion: A Way Ahead for Evangelicals and American Culture
Appppendices
1. "For the Health of the Nation"
2. An Analysis of "For the Health of the Nation"
3. "An Evangelical Declaration against Torture"
4. How to Read "An Evangelical Declaration against Torture"
5. Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action
6. "An Urgent Call to Action"
7. Rules for Evangelical Politics
Notes
Further Reading
Index of Names and Terms
Subject Index
· · · · · · (收起)

用户评价

这本书如同一面镜子，照出了我内心深处的一些想法，同时也让我看到了自己视野的局限。作者对某个社会现象的剖析，充满了智慧和深刻的洞察。他并没有简单地给出一个笼统的答案，而是层层递进，引导读者去思考问题的本质。我特别喜欢他对“矛盾”的解读，他展示了在看似对立的观点中，是如何存在着共同的根源，以及这些根源是如何在不同的语境下，演化出截然不同的结果。这种对复杂性的处理能力，让我感到惊叹。在阅读的过程中，我时常会发现，自己原本坚定的某些看法，在作者的论证下，开始动摇，开始出现一些新的疑问。这并不是一种消极的体验，反而是一种令人兴奋的智识挑战。这本书让我学会了如何更审慎地去表达观点，如何更耐心地去倾听不同的声音。它不仅仅是一本阅读材料，更是一次自我反思的机会，一次关于如何更好地理解世界和理解自己的旅程。

坦白说，我被这本书深深地吸引住了，以至于在接下来的几天里，我脑海里一直萦绕着书中的某些论点。作者对于某个社会思潮的演变轨迹的梳理，简直是教科书级别的。他以一种宏观的视角，将看似分散的事件和思想串联起来，展现出一幅清晰而又极具洞察力的图景。我特别赞赏他在处理复杂问题时所展现出的平衡性，他既能深刻剖析问题的根源，又不回避其可能带来的争议和挑战。书中对于不同观点之间的张力是如何被化解或者激化的分析，尤为精彩，让我对某些历史事件的理解有了全新的认识。我感觉自己就像一个置身于历史长河中的观察者，通过这本书，我得以窥见那奔涌的暗流，以及它们最终汇聚成的惊涛骇浪。作者的写作风格，既有学者的严谨，又不失故事的趣味性，这种结合使得阅读过程充满了智慧的乐趣。它不仅仅是知识的传递，更是一种思维方式的启迪，让我学会如何更深入地、更有条理地去理解这个世界。

最近我翻阅了一本让我深思许久的书，虽然我无法在这里详述书中的具体观点，但它所激发的思考是如此强烈，以至于我迫切地想与人分享这种感受。这本书以一种极其令人信服的方式，剖析了某个复杂议题背后的深层动因，仿佛是为我解开了一直以来萦绕在我脑海中的某个谜团。作者的论证过程严谨而富有逻辑，他不仅提出了令人信服的论据，更巧妙地运用了大量的佐证材料，这些材料并非零散的孤证，而是像精心编织的网一样，将每一个观点牢牢地固定住。我尤其欣赏的是，他并没有简单地陈述事实，而是深入浅出地探讨了这些事实背后的社会、文化以及历史根源。在阅读的过程中，我时常会停下来，反复咀嚼其中的某个句子，感叹作者洞察世事的敏锐，以及将抽象概念具象化的绝佳能力。这本书让我对某个领域的理解，进入了一个全新的维度，仿佛原本模糊的图像突然变得清晰锐利，每一个细节都展现出惊人的生命力。它不仅仅是一本书，更像是一场智识的盛宴，让我收获颇丰，也对未来充满了更深刻的期待。

这本书给我带来的冲击，远比我预期的要大。它以一种前所未有的视角，审视了某个长期存在的社会现象，并将其置于一个更为广阔的背景下进行考察。作者的笔触细腻而富有感染力，他并没有采用枯燥的说教方式，而是通过引人入胜的故事和生动的案例，带领读者一步步走进他所构建的思考世界。我发现，书中对于人性深处某些普遍性驱动力的刻画，简直是入木三分。他不仅仅是在分析某个议题，更是在触碰我们内心深处那些柔软而又坚韧的部分。我常常在阅读时，感受到一种强烈的共鸣，仿佛作者正在诉说我一直以来难以言表的感受。这种情感上的连接，加上作者精辟的分析，使得这本书在我的阅读体验中占据了非常重要的位置。它让我开始重新审视自己对某些事情的看法，也鼓励我去探索那些尚未被充分理解的领域。这本书的价值，不在于它提供了多少即时性的答案，而在于它激发了多少持续性的思考，它像一颗投入平静湖面的石子，激起了层层涟漪，让我久久无法平息。

我必须承认，在翻阅这本书之前，我对于某个特定话题的认知是相当片面的。然而，这本书如同一位经验丰富的向导，带领我穿越了那些迷雾，让我看到了事情的另一面，甚至是多面。作者对于某个社会群体在历史进程中所扮演角色的分析，让我看到了许多被忽略的细节。他并没有简单地将人脸谱化，而是深入到个体经验的层面，去理解他们的动机、他们的挣扎以及他们的选择。我尤其欣赏他对“变化”这一概念的探讨，他不仅仅是在描述现状，更是在追溯导致现状的深层力量，并预测未来可能的发展方向。这种前瞻性的思考，让我对未来的某些不确定性有了更清晰的认识，也让我对如何应对这些不确定性有了更深的思考。这本书让我意识到，很多事情并非如表面看起来那般简单，背后往往隐藏着复杂而又相互关联的因素。它鼓励我保持一种开放的心态，去接纳不同的视角，去理解那些与我不同的人。