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BL
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1019426
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b773796
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Utter, Glenn H.
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| Title & Author
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Mainline Christians and U.S. public policy : : a reference handbook /\ Glenn H. Utter.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :: ABC-CLIO,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Gale virtual reference library
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Contemporary world issues
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1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages)
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| ISBN
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1280918489
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: 1598840002
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: 1598840010
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: 1849729050
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: 6610918481
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: 9781280918483
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: 9781598840001
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: 9781598840018
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: 9781849729055
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: 9786610918485
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Background and history : mainline denominations -- Episcopal Church -- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (PCUSA) -- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) -- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (CCDC) -- American Baptist Churches in the USA (ABC) -- United Church of Christ (UCC) -- Reformed Church in America (RCA) -- United Methodist Church (UMC) -- Catholic Church -- National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) -- Renewal movements -- Mainline Christian denominations and public policy -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Sexuality issues within denominations -- Capital punishment -- Embryonic stem-cell research -- End-of-life decisions and the right to die -- Faith-based initiative -- Immigration -- Iraq war -- Abortion -- Values and public policy -- Worldwide perspective -- England -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Poland -- Sweden -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Daniel Berrigan -- Joan Chittister -- William Sloane Coffin, Jr. -- John Clagget Danforth -- Dorothy Day -- Robert W. (Bob) Edgar -- James A. Forbes, Jr. -- Harry Emerson Fosdick -- Wesley Granberg-Michaelson -- Wilton D. Gregory -- Frank T. Griswold -- Mark S. Hanson -- Katharine Jeffers Schori -- Elizabeth A. Johnson -- Barry W. Lynn -- Roger Michael Mahoney -- Martin E. Marty -- A. Roy Medley -- Reinhold Niebuhr -- Sean Patrick O'Malley -- Norman Vincent Peale -- George F. Regas -- Robert H. Schuller -- Fulton J. Sheen -- John Shelby Spong -- John H. Thomas -- Sharon E. Watkins -- Data and documents -- Data overview of the mainline denominations -- Religious beliefs and policy preferences -- Documents and quotations -- Equality and poverty -- Public schools -- Mainline political engagement -- Sexuality issues -- Immigration -- Faith-based initiative -- Iraq War -- Science -- Abortion -- Embryonic stem-cell research -- End-of-life decisions, the right to die, and euthanasia -- Environment -- Death penalty -- Directory of organizations -- Resources.
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| Abstract
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Explores the relationship between mainline Christian denominations and U.S. politics and public policy, from colonial times to the present.
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Christianity and politics-- United States.
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Christianity-- United States.
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Christentum
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Christianity and politics.
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Christianity.
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RELIGION-- Christian Life-- Social Issues.
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RELIGION-- Christianity-- General.
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Sozialpolitik
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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261.80973
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| LC Classification
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BR515.U88 2007eb
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