The
books listed here were written by Institute fellows
and faculty and by scholars who received support from the Institute.
While representing a variety of disciplines, the works
all further our understanding of contemporary culture.
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Religion & the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans
James Bennett
Princeton University Press
Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World
Peter L. Berger and Samuel P. Huntington, Editors
Oxford University Press - includes “In the Vanguard of Globalization: The World of American Globalizers” by Joshua Yates and James Davison Hunter
Inventing New Beginnings: On the Idea of Renaissance in Modern Judaism
Asher Biemann
Stanford University Press
The Retrieval of Ethics
Talbot Brewer
Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
Liberalism in the Shadow of Totalitarianism
David Ciepley
Harvard University Press
Evangelical Feminism: A History
Pamela D. H. Cochran
New York University Press
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Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self
Joseph E. Davis
University of Chicago Press |
Identity and Social Change
Joseph E. Davis, Editor
Transaction
Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements
Joseph E. Davis, Editor
State University of New York Press
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Democratic Faith
Patrick Deneen
Princeton University Press |
Redefining Christian Britain: Post-1945 Perspectives
Jane Garnett et al., Editors
SCM - includes “Is English Education Secular?” by Ashley Rogers Berner
Evil After Postmodernism: Histories, Narratives, Ethics
Jennifer L. Geddes, Editor
Routledge
Religious Identities in Britain, 1600
William Gibson and Robert G. Ingram, Editors
Ashgate
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Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction
Justin S. Holcomb, Editor
New York University Press |
Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University
Thomas Albert Howard
Oxford University Press
Religion and the Rise of Historicism: W.M.L. de Wette, Jacob Burckhardt, and the Theological Origins of Nineteenth-Century Historical Consciousness
Thomas Albert Howard
Cambridge University Press
Before the Shooting Begins: Searching for Democracy in America
James Davison Hunter
Free Press
Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America
James Davison Hunter
Basic Books
The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil
James Davison Hunter
Basic Books
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Is There a Culture War?: A Dialogue on Values and American Public Life
James Davison Hunter and Alan Wolfe
Brookings |
Crossing Boundaries: From Syria to Slovakia
Slavica Jakelić and J. Varsoke, Editors
IWM
The Future of the Study of Religion: Proceedings of Congress 2000
Slavica Jakelić and Lori Pearson, Editors
Brill Academic Publishers
Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference
Kristen Deede Johnson
Cambridge University Press
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Recreating the American Republic: Rules of Apportionment, Constitutional Change, and American Political Development, 1700-1870
Charles A. Kromkowski
Cambridge University Press |
From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World (2nd edition)
Krishan Kumar
Blackwell
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The Making of English National Identity
Krishan Kumar
Cambridge University Press |
1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals
Krishan Kumar
University of Minnesota Press
Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America
Paul Lichtermann
Princeton University Press
Evil and the Augustinian Tradition
Charles T. Mathewes
Cambridge University Press
A Theology of Public Life
Charles T. Mathewes
Cambridge University Press
Prophesies of Godlessness: Predications of America's Imminent Secularization from the Puritans to the Present Day
Charles Mathewes and Christopher McKnight Nichols, Editors
Oxford University Press
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Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption
Murray Milner, Jr.
Routledge |
Reinventing Justice: The American Drug Court Movement
James L. Nolan, Jr.
Princeton University Press
The American Culture Wars: Current Contests and Future Prospects
James L. Nolan, Jr., Editor
University Press of Virginia
The Rights of God: Islam, Human Rights, and Comparative Ethics
Irene Oh
Georgetown University Press
The Politics of Regret: On Collective Memory and Historical Responsibility
Jeffrey K. Olick
Routledge
Strategic Narrative: New Perspectives on the Power of Personal and Cultural Stories
Wendy Patterson, Editor
Lexington Books - includes “Social Movements and Strategic Narratives: Creating the Sexual Abuse Survivor Account” by Joseph E. Davis
A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America
Stephen Prothero, Editor
University of North Carolina Press - includes “Religious Pluralism and Civil Society” by James Davison Hunter and David Franz
My Life among the Deathworks: Illustrations of the Aesthetics of Authority, volume 1, Sacred Order/Social Order
Philip Rieff
University of Virginia Press - includes Introduction by James Davison Hunter
Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism (Persian translation)
Abdulaziz Sachedina
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Seeker Churches: Promoting Traditional Religion in a Nontraditional Way
Kimon Howland Sargeant
Rutgers University Press
Mind: A Brief Introduction
John R. Searle
Oxford University Press
The Politics of Secularism in International Relations
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Princeton University Press
Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands
W. Bradford Wilcox
University of Chicago Press
Justice: Rights and Wrongs
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Princeton University Press
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The Catholic Church in State Politics: Negotiating Prophetic Demands and Political Realities
David Yamane
Rowman & Littlefield |
Student Movements for Multiculturalism: Challenging the Curricular Color Line in Higher Education
David Yamane
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland
Genevi Zubrzycki
University of Chicago Press
The Tocqueville Reader: A Life in Letters and Politics
Olivier Zunz and Alan S. Kahan, Editors
Blackwell
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