Cultivating Citizens Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America

by Allman, Dwight D.; Beaty, Michael D.; Astin, Alexander; Elshtain, Jean Bethke; Nederman, Cary J.; Nicgorski, Walter; Sandel, Michael J.; Tarcov, Nathan; Heyking, John von; Wolfe, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780739104538
• ISBN10: 0739104535
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-10
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In Cultivating Citizens Dwight Allman and Michael Beaty bring together some of America's leading social and political thinkers to address the question of civic vitality in contemporary American society. The resulting volume is a serious reflection on the history of civil society and a rich and rewarding conversation about the future American civic order.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Citizenship and Soulcraft in Contemporary America	ix
Dwight D. Allman
Part I: Cultivating Citizens as a Historical Problem
Cicero, Citizenship, and the Epicurean Temptation	3	(26)
Walter Nicgorski
Soulcraft, Citizenship, and Churchcraft: The View from Hippo	29	(14)
John von Heyking
From Moral Virtue to Material Benefit: Dominium and Citizenship in Late Medieval Europe	43	(18)
Cary J. Nederman
Lockean Liberalism and the Cultivation of Citizens	61	(12)
Nathan Tarcov
Part II: Cultivating Citizens as a Contemporary Problem
Who Are We? Taking Stock of the Culture	73	(18)
Jean Betbke Elsbtain
Higher Education and the Cultivation of Citizenship	91	(12)
Alexander W. Astin
Citizenship, Faith, and Christian Higher Education	103	(18)
Michael D. Beaty
Have Americans Lost Their Virtue?	121	(18)
Alan Wolfe
Liberalism, Consumerism, and Citizenship	139	(12)
Michael J. Sandel
Suggested Readings	151	(6)
Index	157	(8)
About the Contributors	165