by Byron R. Johnson, Alfreda Alvarez Wubbenhorst and William Wubbenhorst
Price: $69.99
ISBN: 9781481323505
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: December 2025
Format: Hardcover
The Faith Factor and Social Welfare: Evidence, Practice, Policy comprises case studies and impact evaluations on the important work done by faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the United States to...
According to some of the most influential thinkers of the modern era, it is madness to subordinate all one’s aims to one end. Such thinkers believe that the church in particular should limit itself...
Since U.S. political and military strategies pivoted to Asia, tensions between the United States and Asian and Pacific countries have escalated. Geopolitical changes in the Asia Pacific have challenged...
Throughout history, the world's great religions have been profoundly shaped by their encounters with successive empires. Secular empires have provided the means by which religions achieve their global...
Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied...
Historical Studies in Evangelicalism and Political Engagement
Edited by David W. Bebbington
Price: $59.99
ISBN: 9781481319300
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: July 2023
Format: Hardcover
Religious freedom as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains a perennial concern across the globe. Over the centuries many evangelicals have not enjoyed this right in practice,...
"I have come not to bring peace, but a sword." These words of Christ echo in our current times. In recent years, a growing number of commentators have decried a lack of civility in public discourse. Considered...
Woodrow Wilson and the Crafting of a Faith-Based Foreign Policy
by Malcolm D. Magee
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781481319270
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: November 2022
Format: Paperback
In What the World Should Be, Malcolm Magee demonstrates that Woodrow Wilson was immersed in a Presbyterian tradition that shaped his presidency. He argues that Wilson's religious convictions shaped...
In a profound revelation of what truly undergirds modern political rhetoric, Morgan Marietta shows that the language of America's leaders often relies on deep, even sacred, ideals. The Politics of...
The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America
by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9781481319287
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: September 2022
Format: Paperback
Countless generations of Arabs and Muslims have called the United States "home." Yet while diversity and pluralism continue to define contemporary America, many Muslims are viewed by their neighbors...
Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied...
Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied...
From the politics of Glenn Beck to reality television's Big Love and the hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, Mormons have become a recognizable staple of mainstream popular culture. And while most...
From the Counterculture of Jerry Garcia to the Subculture of Jerry Falwell
by Preston Shires
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481314640
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: December 2020
Format: Hardcover
This volume demonstrates that the Christian Right has a surprising past. Historical analysis reveals that the countercultural movements and evangelicalism share a common heritage. Shires warns that...
Secularity, Globalization, and the Reenchantment of the World
Edited by James K. A. Smith
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481314749
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: December 2020
Format: Hardcover
After Modernity? addresses a cluster of questions and issues found at the nexus of globalization and religion. This unique volume examines various religious--especially Christian--evaluations of and...
Americans increasingly think in terms of red and blue. God and Country examines the religious roots of these cultural divisions in American political life. But instead of pitting a people of faith...
