The Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends on It

The Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends on It
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Страниц
 
224
ISBN
 
0061353434
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HarperOne
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Новые поступления. Здоровье и семья

Содержание:

Петербургские шарманщики, Деревня, Антон-Горемыка, Бобыль, Капельмейстер Сусликов, Пахатник и бархатник, Гуттаперчевый мальчик, Переселенцы

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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,...

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