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.
Ordering
The following books are available from:
Book Listing (by Author Last Name)
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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
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, 1600–1832
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’s Culture War
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’s Divisions
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
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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
Geneviève 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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