The Quiet Hand of God: Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism

by John Hyde Evans and Robert Wuthnow

Book Overview

Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans bring together a stellar collection of essays that paints a contemporary portrait of American Protestantism-a denomination that has remained quietly, but firmly, influential in the public sphere. Mainline Protestants may have steered clear of the controversial, attention-grabbing tactics of the Religious Right, but they remain culturally influential and continue to impact American society through political action and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520233131
• ISBN13: 9780520233133
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"