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9780787972844

Broken We Kneel: Reflections on Faith and Citizenship

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  • ISBN13:

    9780787972844

  • ISBN10:

    0787972843

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-04-01
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Summary

Drawing on her personal experience as well as her knowledge of religious history, Diana Butler Bass examines the contours of the uniquely American relationship between church and state, Christian identity and patriotism, citizenship and congregational life. Broken We Kneel attempts to answer the central question that so many are struggling with in this age of terror: "To whom do Christians owe their deepest allegiance? God or country?" In writing both impassioned and historically informed, Bass, who lives outside of Washington, D.C., reflects on current events, personal experiences, and political questions that have sharpened the tensions between serious faith and national imperatives. This book incorporates the author's own rich experience of faith, her vocation as a writer and teacher, and her roles as wife, mother, and churchgoer into a larger conversation with Christian practice and contemporary political issues. Broken We Kneel is a call to remember that the core of Christian identity is not always compatible with national political policies.

Author Biography

Diana Butler Bass is senior research fellow and director of the Project on Congregations of Intentional Practice, a Lilly Endowment funded research study of vital mainline Protestant churches, at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. From 1995—2000, she wrote a weekly column on American religion for the New York Times Syndicate. She is the author of Strength for the Journey: A Pilgrimage of Faith in Community, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2002.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jim Wallis.
Introduction: “The Almighty Has His Own Purposes”.
1. Broken We Kneel.
2. “And a Little Child Shall Lead Them”.
3. “God Bless America” and “Amazing Grace”.
4. Going to the Chapel.
5. Compassionate Imperialism?
6. Homeland Security.
7. Peace and the City.
Epilogue: An Easter Epiphany.
Notes.
The Author.

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