A Public Faith Evangelicals and Civic Engagement

by Cromartie, Michael; de S. Cameron, Nigel M.; Coolidge, David Orgon; Emerson, Michael; Green, John C.; Hertzke, Allen D.; Rozell, Mark J.; Satinover, Jeffrey; Schaefer, Kurt; Sherman, Amy L.; Sikkink, David; Wilcox, Clyde; Wilcox, W Bradford; Williams, Rhy

• ISBN13: 9780742531000
• ISBN10: 0742531007
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The essays in this volume take another look at the role of evangelicals in American civic life. The prominent contributors examine evangelicals' beliefs and activity on topics ranging from bioethics to race relations and welfare reform to international human rights. Taken together, the essays show that, contrary to what critics have proclaimed, the social commitment of evangelicals extends considerably beyond family-related issues, and that their activity in the public sphere makes an essential contribution to the public good. Co-published with the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Table of Contents

Preface by Michael Cromartie	ix
Introduction-Correcting Misconceptions About Evangelicals and Civil Society	1	(10)
John Wilson
1. Evangelical Protestants and Civic Engagement: An Overview	11	(20)
John C. Green
2. The Christian Right: Evolution, Expansion, Contraction	31	(20)
Mark J. Rozell
3. Conservative Protestants and the Family: Resisting, Engaging, or Accommodating Modernity?	51	(18)
W. Bradford Wilcox
4. The Evangelical Response to Homosexuality: A Survey, Critique, and Advisory	69	(24)
Jeffrey Satinover
5. Evangelicals and the Same-Sex "Marriage" Debate	93	(8)
David Orgon Coolidge
6. Evangelicals and Abortion	101	(16)
Clyde Wilcox
7. Evangelicals and Bioethics: An Extraordinary Failure	117	(8)
Nigel M. de S. Cameron
8. Evangelicals, Welfare Reform, and Care for the Poor	125	(32)
Kurt Schaefer
9. Evangelicals and Charitable Choice	157	(16)
Amy L. Sherman
10. The Loyal Opposition: Evangelicals and Public Schools	173	(14)
David Sikkink
11. Faith That Separates: Evangelicals and Black-White Race Relations	187	(18)
Michael Emerson
12. Creating a Diverse Urban Evangelicalism: Youth Ministry as a Model	205	(10)
Rhys H. Williams and R. Stephen Warner
13. Evangelicals and International Engagement	215	(22)
Allen D. Hertzke
Notes	237	(22)
Index of Names	259	(10)
About the Ethics and Public Policy Center	269