San Antonio College Library

Educator and philanthropist Kennedy Townsend issues a spiritual call to arms to all those who feel that churches in America today--Catholic and Protestant alike--are failing the faithful. American churches today are more involved in offering prescriptions for what one ought not to do than in working for the greater good. Kennedy Townsend grew up when both America and the Church were undergoing a revolutionary transformation. She documents how America's...

Despite the results of the 2006 elections, the coalition between conservative politics and American Christians remains a dominant force in setting the American sociocultural and political agenda. Mark Ellingsen argues that until the coalition is diminished, we will remain a politically conservative nation to the detriment of the poor, the marginalized, the middle class, and to other nations around the world, as well as to the detriment of the spiritual...

A cautionary account of growing religious radicalism in America warns of the potential dangers of a doctrine through which Christians believe they have a right to rule non-Christians, identifying political practices that aggressively promote conservative agendas.

Argues that America's separation of church and state is unrealistic, and maintains that each be held accountable to key values of progressive religious tradition.

A Palestinian Christian theologian shows how the reality of empire shapes the context of the biblical story, and the ongoing experience of Middle East conflict.

At no time in history has the United States had such a high percentage of theocratic members of Congress--those who expressly endorse religious bias in law. Just as ominously, at no other time have religious fundamentalists effectively had veto power over one of the country's two major political parties. As Sean Faircloth argues in this sobering yet engaging book, this has led to the crumbling of the wall of separation between church and state. While...

Conservative Christians and Political Participation examines the involvement and influence of the growing number of Conservative Christians in America. A historical overview of the interaction of religion and politics from colonial times to today sets the stage for a deeper exploration into the demographics of this group, the concerns they share, and the creative methods they employ to achieve their goals through protests, political activity, leadership,...

Sixty extracts from the writings of the Fathers of the Church, the mystics of the Middle Ages, the radical reformers and Puritans of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the Christian socialists, liberation theologians, and social activists of modern times.

For two centuries, Catholicism has played a profound and largely unexamined role in America's political and intellectual life. Emphasizing the community over the individual, Catholics have alternately challenged and supported American liberals on a variety of controversial issues, including slavery, public education, economic reform, the movies, contraception, the nuclear arms race and abortion. The story of Catholicism is also international, as Catholics...