The Case for Civility
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The Case for Civility

And Why Our Future Depends on It

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The Case for Civility

And Why Our Future Depends on It

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In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side and a strident secularism on the other, no question is more urgent than how we live with our deepest differences—especially our religious and ideological differences. The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world. Influential Christian writer and speaker Os Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the polarization of American politics and culture that—rather than creating a public space for real debate—threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion and that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country.

Guinness takes on the contemporary threat of the excesses of the Religious Right and the secular Left, arguing that we must find a middle ground between privileging one religion over another and attempting to make all public expression of faith illegal. If we do not do this, Guinness contends, Western civilization as we know it will die. Always provocative and deeply insightful, Guinness puts forth a vision of a new, practical "civil and cosmopolitan public square" that speaks not only to America's immediate concerns but to the long-term interests of the republic and the world.

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Publisher
HarperOne
Year
2009
ISBN
9780061740084
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Chapter One: A World Safe for Diversity
  7. Chapter Two: The True Remedy
  8. Chapter Three: The Broken Settlement
  9. Chapter Four: Say No to the Sacred Public Square
  10. Chapter Five: Say No to the Naked Public Square
  11. Chapter Six: A Cosmopolitan and Civil Public Square
  12. Chapter Seven: Starting with Ourselves
  13. Afterword
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Notes
  16. Searchable Terms
  17. About the Author
  18. Credits
  19. Copyright
  20. About the Publisher