Chapter 3: A Vision of Promise and Peril

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Chapter 1: The Question of Restructuring 1
6. Chapter 2: Heritage and Vision 14
7. Chapter 3: A Vision of Promise and Peril 35
8. Chapter 4: Conscience and Conviction in Public Life 54
9. Chapter 5: The Declining Significance of Denominationalism 71
10. Chapter 6: The Growth of Special Purpose Groups 100
11. Chapter 7: The Great Divide: Toward Religious Realignment 132
12. Chapter 8: Mobilization on the Right 173
13. Chapter 9: Fueling the Tensions 215
14. Chapter 10: Civil Religion: Two Cheers for America 241
15. Chapter 11: From Civil Religion to Technological Legitimacy 268
16. Chapter 12: A Broader Context: Politics and Faith 297
17. Notes 323
18. Selected Bibliography 361
19. Index 369