A Public Faith

Michael Cromartie is vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and director of its Evangelical Studies project. He is the editor of ten books, including CaesarOs Coin Revisited, Creation at Risk, Disciples and Democracy, No Longer Exiles, Peace Betrayed?, and A Preserving Grace.

The essays in this volume take another look at the role of evangelicals in American civic life. The prominent contributors examine evangelicals' beliefs and activity on topics ranging from bioethics to race relations and welfare reform to international human rights. Taken together, the essays show that, contrary to what critics have proclaimed, the social commitment of evangelicals extends considerably beyond family-related issues, and that their activity in the public sphere makes an essential contribution to the public good. Co-published with the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Correcting Misconceptions Chapter 3 About Evangelicals and Civil Society Chapter 4 Evangelical Protestants and Civic Engagement: An Overview Chapter 5 The Christian Right: Evolution, Expansion, Contraction Chapter 6 Conservative Protestants and the Family: Resisting, Engaging, or Accommodating Modernity? Chapter 7 The Evangelical Response to Homosexuality: A Survey, Critique, and Advisory Chapter 8 Evangelicals and the Same-Sex 'Marriage' Debate Chapter 9 Evangelicals and Abortion Chapter 10 Evangelicals and Bioethics: An Extraordinary Failure Chapter 11 Evangelicals, Welfare Reform, and Care for the Poor Chapter 12 Evangelicals and Charitable Choice Chapter 13 The Loyal Opposition: Evangelicals and Public Schools Chapter 14 Faith that Separates: Evangelicals and Black-White Race Relations Chapter 15 Creating a Diverse Urban Evangelicalism:Youth Ministry as a Model Chapter 16 Evangelicals and International Engagement Chapter 17 Notes Chapter 18 Index of Names Chapter 19 About the Ethics and Public Policy Center