Habits of the heart: individualism and commitment in American life
Bellah, Robert Neelly
Habits of the heart: individualism and commitment in American life Bellah, Robert Neelly - Updated edition - Berkeley University of California Press 1985 - xlvii, 355 p.
"Habits of the Heart 2F required reading for 2F one who w2F s to understand how religion contributes to and detracts from America's common good. An instant classic upon publication in 1985, it was reissued in 1996 with a new introduction describing the book's continuing relevance for a time when the country's racial and class divisions are being continually healed and ripped open again by religious people. Habits of the Heart describes the social significance of faiths ranging from ""Sheilaism"" (practiced by a California nurse named Sheila) to conservative Christianity. It's thoroughly readable, theologically respectful, and academically irreproachable. - Michael Joseph Gross"
978052005680
National characteristics - American
Civics
United States - Civilization - 1945-
Individualism
973 / B3H2
Habits of the heart: individualism and commitment in American life Bellah, Robert Neelly - Updated edition - Berkeley University of California Press 1985 - xlvii, 355 p.
"Habits of the Heart 2F required reading for 2F one who w2F s to understand how religion contributes to and detracts from America's common good. An instant classic upon publication in 1985, it was reissued in 1996 with a new introduction describing the book's continuing relevance for a time when the country's racial and class divisions are being continually healed and ripped open again by religious people. Habits of the Heart describes the social significance of faiths ranging from ""Sheilaism"" (practiced by a California nurse named Sheila) to conservative Christianity. It's thoroughly readable, theologically respectful, and academically irreproachable. - Michael Joseph Gross"
978052005680
National characteristics - American
Civics
United States - Civilization - 1945-
Individualism
973 / B3H2