Ideology in America: Challenges to Faith

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In this prophetic and inspiring call to justice, peace, and economic democracy, Alan Geyer proposes strategies for mainline churches and ecumenical institutions to counter the assault of damaging conservative ideologies. With passion and trademark clarity, he urges all people of goodwill to renew their commitment to the poor and the disadvantaged.

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Overview

In this prophetic and inspiring call to justice, peace, and economic democracy, Alan Geyer proposes strategies for mainline churches and ecumenical institutions to counter the assault of damaging conservative ideologies. With passion and trademark clarity, he urges all people of goodwill to renew their commitment to the poor and the disadvantaged.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780664256333
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
  • Publication date: 5/28/1997
  • Pages: 152
  • Lexile: 1540L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 6.01 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.47 (d)

Meet the Author


Alan Geyer is Professor Emeritus of Political Ethics and Ecumenics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.
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Table of Contents

Preface
1 The Inevitability of Ideology 1
2 The Idea of Ideology 8
3 The Denial of Ideology in America 19
4 The Reality of Ideology in America 30
5 The Regressive Revolution I: Antistatism 40
6 The Regressive Revolution II: Anticommunism and After 59
7 Churches in the Ideological Struggle 69
8 What Does a Good Ideology Require? 83
9 Democratic Humanism: Toward a Convivial World 90
10 Political Ecclesiology: Toward a Convivial Church 113
Notes 125
Index 135
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