03096nam a22003374a 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020003200124035001800156050002300174082001900197100001900216245014100235260006300376300002200439504006400461520158600525533015702111650004602268650004902314650005602363650003102419655002902450710002102479776007302500856018502573ocm56356633 OCoLC20200709055114.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu040826s2003    ncu     sb   s001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  a0807861502 (electronic bk.)  a114678b(N$T)14aBR526b.B58 2003eb04a261.7/09732221 aBivins, Jason.14aThe fracture of good orderh[electronic resource] :bChristian antiliberalism and the challenge to American politics /cJason C. Bivins.  aChapel Hill :bUniversity of North Carolina Press,cc2003.  ax, 218 p.c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index.  aWhether picketing outside abortion clinics, speaking out at school board meetings, or attending anti-death penalty vigils, many Americans have publicly opposed local, state, or federal government policies on the basis of their religious convictions. In this book, Jason Bivins examines the growing phenomenon of Christian protest against civil authority and political order in the United States. He argues that since the 1960s, there has been a proliferation of religious activism against what the protesters perceive as government's excessive power and lack of moral principle. Calling this phenomenon "Christian antiliberalism," Bivins finds at its center a belief that American politics is based on a liberal tradition that threatens the practice of a religious life and gives government too much social and economic influence. Focusing on the Catholic pacifism of Daniel and Philip Berrigan and the Jonah House resistance community, the Christian Right's homeschooling movement, and the evangelical Sojourners community, Bivins combines religious studies with political theory to explore the common ground shared by these disparate groups. Despite their vast ideological and institutional differences, these activists justify their actions in overtly religious terms based on a rejection of basic tenets of the American political system. Analyzing the widespread dissatisfaction with the conventional forms of political identity and affiliation that characterize American civic life today, this book sheds light on the complex relations between religion and democratic society.  aElectronic reproduction.bBoulder, Colo. :cNetLibrary,d2004.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. 0aChristianity and politicszUnited States. 0aLiberalismxReligious aspectsxChristianity. 0aPolitical activistsxReligious lifezUnited States. 0aLiberalismzUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aNetLibrary, Inc.1 cOriginalz0807827932z0807854689w(DLC)  2002153735w(OCoLC)510467914 3Bibliographic record displayuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=114678zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information