Marked For Death by Brian J Karem

Marked For Death by Brian J Karem

Pottenger's resuscitation of the philosophical foundations of US religious pluralism and civil discourse is essential reading for anyone concerned with the growing secular-religious divide that threatens the nation's democratic future.

--John Francis Burke, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Trinity University, USA

John Pottenger's book explores the nexus of religion and politics throughout American history--from the evolution of what he calls the 'colonial collusion between Church and State, ' to the current benign relationship between these two institutions. Readers will have much to consider in this volume!

--Jo Renee Formicola, Professor, Political Science and Public Affairs, Seton Hall University, USA

Pottenger deftly addresses the challenge of welcoming a vibrant religious marketplace while also muting the 'fires of faith' so that the containment structure is not itself consumed.

--Emily R. Gill, Caterpillar Professor of Political Science Emerita, Bradley University, USA

This book discusses the evolution of three philosophical foundations from the twelfth through the eighteenth centuries that converged to form the basis of liberal democracy's approach to the place and role of religion in society and politics. Identified by the author as a religious axis, the period of convergence promoted rational and empirical investigation, enabled the development of diverse religious beliefs, and affirmed religious liberty and expressions amidst pluralist politics. The author shows that the religious axis' three philosophical foundations--epistemic, axiological, and political--undergird the political architecture of American liberal democracy that designed a containment structure to protect a vast array of religious expressions and encourage their presence in the public square. Moreover, the structure embodied a democratic ethos that drives religious and political pluralism--but within limits. The author argues that this containment structure has paradoxically ignited frenzied fires of faith that politically threaten the structure's own limits.

John R. Pottenger is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA.

Karem, Brian J.: -

Brian J. Karem is an award-winning investigative reporter, writer, producer, veteran, bestselling true crime author, and former correspondent for America's Most Wanted. He was the first American reporter allowed inside Pablo Escobar's palatial prison after Escobar's escape from Colombian authorities, and he was one of the first reporters to enter Kuwait City after its liberation during the first Gulf War. A regular contributor to People magazine, Mr. Karem has also interviewed James Carville, Mary Matalin, and G. Gordon Liddy for Playboy. Mr. Karem was presented with the National Press Club's Freedom of the Press Award after he was jailed for protecting a confidential source in 1992. He lives outside of Washington, D.C., with his wife and three children.

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ISBN 13	9780060524715
ISBN 10	0060524715
Title	Marked For Death
Author	Brian J Karem
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2005-05-24
Number of pages	304
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