{"product_id":"good-and-bad-ways-to-think-about-religion-and-politics-9780802863645","title":"Good and Bad Ways to Think about Religion and Politics","description":"In this book, Benne describes and analyzes the wrong ways to relate religion and politics and offers a better way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenne calls the two main bad ways of relating religion and politics \"separationism\" and \"fusionism.\" Secular separationists decry all involvement of religion in politics; religious separationists, on the other hand, advocate abstaining from politics in the name of religious purity. Fusionism comes in many types, but the type that most concerns Benne is the use of religion--in this case Christianity--for political ends, which turns religion into an instrument for purposes other than its own main reason for being. Rejecting these bad ways of relating religion and politics, Benne offers a better way that he calls critical engagement which derives from the Lutheran tradition, with a few tweaks to adapt the tradition to deal well with the new challenges of our present situation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Benne points out, \"The question is not so much whether American religion will have political effects. It most definitely will. The more serious questions are: Should it? How should it?\" In this book, Benne offers a clear and useful guide to a subject too often characterized by confusion and loud rhetoric.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert D. Benne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.52w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802863645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Retailing\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenne, Robert D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Benne is Director of the Roanoke College Center forReligion and Society and Jordan-Trexler Professor ofReligion Emeritus at Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. Hisbooks include Reasonable Ethics: A Christian Approachto Social, Economic, and Political Concerns andQuality with Soul: How Six Premier Colleges andUniversities Keep Faith with Their ReligiousTraditions. For more information on Benne, visit Roanoke.edu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40389519900787,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5419ee2c-978f-4f50-97f4-abf9291e2e84.jpg?v=1661609150","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/good-and-bad-ways-to-think-about-religion-and-politics-9780802863645","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}