Christopher Hitchens Religion, Culture, and International Conflict (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Religion, Culture, and International ConflictCondition: NewSubtitle: A ConversationISBN-10: 0742544729EAN: 9780742544727ISBN: 9780742544727Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/31/2005Description: As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often worked to distort the public discourse on important policy issues. Pope John Paul II's pronouncements on stem-cell research, the constitutional controversies regarding faith-based initiatives, the emerging participation of Muslims in American life-issues like these require political journalists in print and broadcast media to cover religious contexts that many admit they are ill-equipped to understand. Put differently, these news events reflect subtle theological nuances and deep faith commitments that shape the activities of religious believers in the public square. Inasmuch as a faith tradition is an active or significant participant in the public arena, journalists will need to better understand the theological sources and religious convictions that motivate this political activity. The current national discourse has brought faith and its relationship to public policy to the forefront of our daily news. Since 1999, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, through the generosity of the Pew Charitable Trusts, has hosted six conferences for national journalists to help raise the level of their reporting by increasing their understanding of religion, religious communities, and the religious convictions that inform the political activity of devout believers. This book contains the presentations and conversations that grew out of those conferences.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 237mmItem Length: 160mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 390gContributor: Michael Cromartie (Edited by), David Bloom (Contributions by), David Brooks (Contributions by), Peter Brown (Contributions by), Carl M. Cannon (Contributions by), Colleen Carroll (Contributions by), John Cochran (Contributions by), Patricia Cohen (Contributions by), Alan Cooperman (Contributions by), Michael Cromartie (Contributions by), E. J. Dionne (Contributions by), Nina Easton (Contributions by), Jane J. Eisner (Contributions by), Franklin Foer (Contributions by), Hillel Fradkin (Contributions by), David Frum (Contributions by), John H. Fund (Contributions by), William A. Galston (Contributions by), Jeffrey Goldberg (Contributions by), Barbara Bradley Hagerty (Contributions by), Christopher Hitchens (Contributions by), Bruce Hoffman (Contributions by), Samuel P. Huntington (Contributions by), Philip Jenkins (Contributions by), James Turner Johnson (Contributions by), John B. Judis (Contributions by), Wendy Kaminer (Contributions by), Gilles Kepel (Contributions by), John Leo (Contributions by), Ruth Marcus (Contributions by), Jane Mayer (Contributions by), Duncan Moon (Contributions by), Dan Morgan (Contributions by), Roy Mottahedeh (Contributions by), Caryle Murphy (Contributions by), Paul Richter (Contributions by), Jeffery L. Sheler (Contributions by), David Shribman (Contributions by), Judith Shulevitz (Contributions by), Peter Steinfels (Contributions by), Jay Tolson (Contributions by), Karen Tumulty (Contributions by), David Van Biema (Contributions by), George Wiegel (Contributions by), Paul West (Contributions by), Kenneth L. Woodward (Contributions by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityAuthor: Christopher HitchensRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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