Public Pulpits

Preface  
Introduction  

Chapter 1. Faith in Public: Going to War in Iraq and Doing Good at Home  
Chapter 2. Civic Republic and Liberal Democracy: Religion in an Ambiguous Polity  

I: Contesting Church and Society 
Chapter 3. United Methodism in Crisis: Prophetic Witness through the Board of Church and Society  
Chapter 4. United Methodism in Crisis: Scriptural Renewal through the Good News Movement  
Chapter 5. Faith and Freedom: The Institute on Religion and Democracy  
Chapter 6. From Cold War to Culture Wars: The Evolution of the IRD  

II: Witnessing versus Winning in Washington  
Chapter 7. Religious Lobbies and Public Churches: Ecclesiology Matters  
Chapter 8. The Challenge of Ecumenical Advocacy: Interfaith Impact for Justice and Peace  
Chapter 9. Members of One Body: The Churches and the National Council of Churches  
Chapter 10. The Mainline in Motion: Resisting the Right, Remaking the Center  
Conclusion  
11. Public Churches and the Church  

Appendix: Ecclesiology in Action  
Notes  
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