| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Introduction -- PART I. THE DEATH OF GOD COMES HOME TO ROOST -- 1. The Breakdown in American Public Life -- 2. The Spiritual Dimension of the Breakdown -- 3. The Arrival of the Death of God -- 4. Faithless American Public Life -- 5. The Age of Evasion -- PART II. RESTORING FAITH IN AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE -- 6. Is the Universe on Our Side? -- 7. No, the Universe Is Not on Our Side -- 8. Yes, the Universe Is on Our Side -- 9. Restored Public Life -- 10. Does This Bring Us Back to God? -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"There has been a breakdown in American public life that no election can fix. Americans cannot even converse about politics. All the usual explanations for our condition have failed to make things better. Bruce Ledewitz shows that America is living with the consequences of the Death of God, which Friedrich Nietzsche knew would be momentous and irreversible. God was this culture's story of the meaning of our lives. Even atheists had substitutes for God, like inevitable progress. Now we have no story and do not even think about the nature of reality. That is why we are angry and despairing. America's future requires that we begin a new story by each of us asking a question posed by theologian Bernard Lonergan: Is the universe on our side? When we commit to live honestly and fully by our answer to that question, even if our immediate answer is no, America will begin to heal. Beyond that, pondering the question of the universe will allow us to see that there is more to the universe than blind forces and dead matter. Guided by the naturalism of Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy, and the historical faith of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we can learn to trust that the universe bends toward justice and our welfare. That conclusion will complete our healing and restore faith in American public life. We can live without God, but not without thinking about holiness in the universe"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on June 9, 2022) |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- United States -- History
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Politics and government
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Politics and government -- Public opinion
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Religion and politics
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Public opinion
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United States -- Politics and government -- History
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021032604 |
| ISBN |
0197563953 |
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9780197563960 |
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0197563961 |
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9780197563953 |
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