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The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social justice, peace, and the environment. In Souled Out, award-winning journalist and commentator E. J. Dionne explains why the era of the Religious Right--and the crude exploitation of faith for political advantage--is over. Based on years of research and writing, Souled Out shows that the end of the Religious Right doesn't signal the decline of evangelical Christianity but rather its disentanglement from a political machine that sold it out to a narrow electoral agenda of such causes as opposition to gay marriage and abortion. With insightful portraits of leading contemporary religious figures from Rick Warren and Richard Cizik to John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Dionne shows that our great religions have always preached a broad message of hope for more just human arrangements and refused to be mere props for the powers that be. Dionne also argues that the new atheist writers should be seen as a gift to believers, a demand that they live up to their proclaimed values and embrace scientific and philosophical inquiry in a spirit of "intellectual solidarity." Written in the tradition of Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr, Souled Out will help change how we think and talk about religion and politics in the post-Bush era.

Christian conservatism --- Religious right --- Christianity and politics

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Conservatism --- Conservatisme --- Canada --- Politics and government. --- Politique et gouvernement

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The Christian Right is frequently accused of threatening democratic values. But in The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, Jon Shields argues that religious conservatives have in fact dramatically increased and improved democratic participation and that they are far more civil and reasonable than is commonly believed. Shields interviewed leaders of more than thirty Christian Right organizations, observed movement activists in six American cities, and analyzed a wide variety of survey data and movement media. His conclusions are surprising: the Christian Right has reinvigorated American politics and fulfilled New Left ideals by mobilizing a previously alienated group and by refocusing politics on the contentious ideological and moral questions that motivate citizens. Shields also finds that, largely for pragmatic reasons, the vast majority of Christian Right leaders encourage their followers to embrace deliberative norms in the public square, including civility and secular reasoning. At the same time, Shields highlights a tension between participatory and deliberative ideals since Christian Right leaders also nurture moral passions, prejudices, and dogmas to propel their movement. Nonetheless, the Christian Right's other democratic virtues help contain civic extremism, sharpen the thinking of activists, and raise the level and tenor of political debate for all Americans.

Christianity and politics --- Religious right --- Christian conservatism --- United States --- Politics and government

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Sept ans après son « enquête sur les nouveaux réactionnaires » qui avait déchaîné les controverses (LeRappel à l’ordre, 2002), l’histoire semble avoir donné raison à Daniel Lindenberg. Le grand retournement idéologique qu’il avait identifié au seuil des années 2000 en France s’inscrit désormais dans une mondialisation des idées caractérisée par la montée des « révolutions conservatrices » un peu partout dans le monde. Retournant les Lumières contre elles-mêmes, à l’instar de leurs illustres devanciers des années 1930, les champions de ce nouveau backlash œuvrent au recul de la rationalité et flattent des conceptions autoritaires et parfois racistes de la vie collective. Sous les apparences du mouvement, voire de la « rupture », c’est toujours une haine sourde de la modernité et de la démocratie qui les unit et constitue le fond de leur programme.

Conservatism. --- Ideology --- Globalization --- Political science --- Civilization, Modern. --- Enlightenment --- Political aspects. --- Philosophy. --- Influence. --- Idées politiques. --- Mondialisation. --- Conservatisme.