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Transpacific Political Theology

Perspectives, Paradigms, Proposals

Edited by Pui-lan Kwok

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781481320269

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2024-09-01

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2024-08-29

Imprint: Baylor University Press

323 Pages

Since U.S. political and military strategies pivoted to Asia, tensions between the United States and Asian and Pacific countries have escalated. Geopolitical changes in the Asia Pacific have challenged...

Senghor's Eucharist

Negritude and African Political Theology

by David Tonghou Ngong

Price: $59.99

ISBN: 9781481317795

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2023-08-15

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2023-08-01

Imprint: Baylor University Press

176 Pages

In his collection of poems Black Hosts, Léopold Senghor, a leading figure in the Negritude movement and the first president of Senegal, offers the suffering and death of Africans, rather than that...

What the World Should Be

Woodrow Wilson and the Crafting of a Faith-Based Foreign Policy

by Malcolm D. Magee

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9781481319270

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2022-11-01

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2022-10-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

199 Pages

In What the World Should Be, Malcolm Magee demonstrates that Woodrow Wilson was immersed in a Presbyterian tradition that shaped his presidency. He argues that Wilson's religious convictions shaped...

The Recovery of Family Life

Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies

by Scott Yenor

Narrator Nick Stevens

Price: $44.99

ISBN: 9781481312837

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2021-10-01

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2021-09-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

368 Pages

The Sexual Revolution, which has been underway since the 1950s, is a rolling revolution--a set of unfinishable ambitions, all affecting marriage and family life. Feminists want to "liberate" women...

The Politics of Persecution

Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire

by Mitri Raheb

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 9781481314404

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2021-09-01

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2021-08-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

215 Pages

Persecution of Christians in the Middle East has been a recurring theme since the middle of the nineteenth century. The topic has experienced a resurgence in the last few years, especially during the...

One Nation under Graham

Apocalyptic Rhetoric and American Exceptionalism

by Jonathan D. Redding

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9781481315197

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2021-09-01

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2021-08-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

192 Pages

For centuries, particular readings of the biblical text have shaped the course of Western history. Scripture, used as a political totem for those in power, gives divine weight to political agendas....

Great Ideas in History, Politics, and Philosophy

A Reader

Edited by J. Caleb Clanton and Richard C. Goode

Price: $64.99

ISBN: 9781481316187

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2021-08-01

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2021-07-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

704 Pages

With the world at our fingertips through the internet, it can be paralyzing and overwhelming to take in all the information available. What’s needed is a way to tune out the noise and home in on foundational...

After Modernity?

Secularity, Globalization, and the Reenchantment of the World

Edited by James K. A. Smith

Price: $49.99

ISBN: 9781481314749

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2020-12-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2020-12-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

340 Pages

After Modernity? addresses a cluster of questions and issues found at the nexus of globalization and religion. This unique volume examines various religious--especially Christian--evaluations of and...

On Moderation

Defending an Ancient Virtue in a Modern World

by Harry Clor

Price: $44.99

ISBN: 9781481314725

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2020-12-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2020-12-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

160 Pages

Moderation suffers in today's culture of excesses. In resuscitating this discarded virtue, Harry Clor unveils the intrinsic power of moderation to influence and engage, from the public square to the...

The Ethics of Public Administration

The Challenges of Global Governance

by Sara R. Jordan and Phillip W. Gray

Price: $64.99

ISBN: 9781481314893

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2020-12-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2020-12-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

426 Pages

Managing the challenges of governance is more than merely managing people and resources; it is about managing the values that intersecting cultures attach to people and resources. The Ethics of Public...

Toward Benevolent Neutrality

Church, State, and the Supreme Court

by Robert T. Miller and Ronald B. Flowers

Price: $119.99

ISBN: 9781481314572

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2020-12-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2020-12-15

Imprint: Baylor University Press

921 Pages

In this two volume set, Toward Benevolent Neutrality presents the text of virtually every significant Supreme Court decision concerning religious freedom and separation of church and state. Also included...

Faith in American Public Life

by Melissa Rogers

Foreword by E. J. Dionne, Jr.

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9781481309707

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2019-10-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2019-10-01

Imprint: Baylor University Press

350 Pages

In Faith in American Public Life, Melissa Rogers--former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships--explores...

From Tolerance to Equality

How Elites Brought America to Same-Sex Marriage

by Darel E. Paul

Price: $44.99

ISBN: 9781481306959

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2019-01-15

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2019-01-10

Imprint: Baylor University Press

256 Pages

Over the last twenty-five years, a dramatic transformation in the American public’s view of homosexuality has occurred, symbolized best by the movement of same-sex marriage from the position of a...

Should the Children Pray?

A Historical, Judicial, and Political Examination of Public School Prayer

by Lynda B. Fenwick

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9781481311052

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2018-12-15

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2018-12-01

Imprint: Baylor University Press

249 Pages

The author traces the history of public school prayer in America and the legal debates since the 1962 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed the practice. The book thus makes available the historical and...

Patriotism Black and White

The Color of American Exceptionalism

by Nichole R. Phillips

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781481309578

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2018-12-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2018-11-30

Imprint: Baylor University Press

388 Pages

American civil religion unifies the nation's culture, regulates national emotions, and fosters a storied national identity. American civil religion celebrates the nation's founding documents, holidays,...

America, Aristotle, and the Politics of a Middle Class

by Leslie G. Rubin

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781481300544

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2018-03-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2018-02-09

Imprint: Baylor University Press

310 Pages

Aristotle’s political imagination capitalizes on the virtues of a middle-class republic. America’s experiment in republican liberty bears striking similarities to Aristotle’s best political regime--especially...

A Theology of Political Vocation

Christian Life and Public Office

by John E. Senior

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781481300353

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2015-09-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2015-08-31

Imprint: Baylor University Press

234 Pages

Power, money, endless competition. A zero-sum game. Politics as usual. Only the hearty or craven need apply. The political actors have lost sight of the politics of a common good. A Theology of Political...

Judging Judges

Values and the Rule of Law

by Jason E. Whitehead

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781602585256

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2014-12-01

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2014-11-16

Imprint: Baylor University Press

253 Pages

The "rule of law" stands at the heart of the American legal system. But the rule of law does not require judges slavishly to follow the letter of the law, unaffected by political or social influences....

Converts to Civil Society

Christianity and Political Culture in Contemporary Hong Kong

by Lida V. Nedilsky

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781481300322

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2014-07-01

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2014-06-16

Imprint: Baylor University Press

239 Pages

Lida V. Nedilsky captures the public ramifications of a personal, Christian faith at the time of Hong Kong’s pivotal political turmoil. From 1997 to 2008, in the much-anticipated reintegration of...

Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965

Volume 2

Edited by Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781602589650

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2014-02-15

Format: Paperback

Sales Date: 2014-01-17

Imprint: Baylor University Press

511 Pages

Building upon their critically acclaimed first volume, Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon's new Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 is a recovery project of enormous proportions....

Family and the Politics of Moderation

Private Life, Public Goods, and the Rebirth of Social Individualism

by Lauren K. Hall

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9781602588011

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2014-02-15

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2014-01-17

Imprint: Baylor University Press

200 Pages

In Family and the Politics of Moderation, Lauren K. Hall argues that the family is a fulcrum upon which societal values balance. Hall describes a set of intermediate institutions that hold the power...

Stumping God

Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith

by Andrew P. Hogue

Price: $54.99

ISBN: 9781602584297

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2012-08-01

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2012-07-17

Imprint: Baylor University Press

340 Pages

For more than three decades, American presidential candidates have desperately sought the conservative Evangelical vote. With an ever broadening base of support, the Evangelical movement in America...

What Motivates Cultural Progressives?

Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right

by George Yancey and David A. Williamson

Price: $39.99

ISBN: 9781602584631

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2012-07-25

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2012-07-10

Imprint: Baylor University Press

279 Pages

Public activism has grown significantly during the 21st century as a cornerstone of the democratic process. But activism, regardless of its ideological roots, is often interpreted through the lens of...

The Constitution of Religious Freedom

God, Politics, and the First Amendment

by Dennis J. Goldford

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9781602584198

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Pub Date: 2012-03-01

Format: Hardcover

Sales Date: 2012-02-08

Imprint: Baylor University Press

270 Pages

In a time when the question of American religious identity underlies much political conversation that fills the public square, Dennis Goldford directs his readers to consider the First Amendment. The...

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