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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Compton, John W. (1977-....)
Titre(s) : The end of empathy [Texte imprimé] : why white Protestants stopped loving their neighbors / John W. Compton
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (399 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"The End of Empathy develops a theoretical framework capable of explaining both the
rise of white Protestant social concern in the latter part of the nineteenth century
and its sudden demise at the end of the twentieth. The theory proceeds from the premise
that religious conviction, by itself, is rarely sufficient to motivate empathetic
political behavior. When believers do act empathetically - for example, by championing
reforms that transfer resources or political influence to less privileged groups within
society - it is typically because strong religious institutions have compelled them
to do so. For much of American history, mainline Protestant church membership functioned
as an important marker of social status - one that few upwardly mobile citizens could
afford to go without. The socioeconomic significance of membership, in turn, endowed
Protestant leaders with considerable authority over the beliefs and actions of their
congregations. At key junctures in U.S. history - the Progressive Era, the New Deal,
the civil rights movement - the nation's informal Protestant establishment used this
authority to mobilize rank-and-file churchgoers on behalf of government programs that
increased economic opportunity and promoted civic inclusion. When this pattern of
religious authority collapsed in the late 1960s - thanks to a confluence of trends
in the labor market, higher education, and residential mobility - it produced a large
population of white suburbanites who had little reason to seek out mainline Protestant
churches or heed their advice on the burning social questions of the day. The churches
that flourished in the new age of personal autonomy were those that preached against
attempts by government to promote a more equitable distribution of wealth and political
authority"
Sujet(s) : Christianisme et politique -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Protestantisme -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Christianisme et politique -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Protestantisme -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
324.088 (23e éd.) = Processus politique - Étude en relation avec les groupes professionnels et religieux
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190069186. - ISBN 019006918X. - ISBN 9780190069209 (erroné). - ISBN 9780190069216
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb467035238
Notice n° :
FRBNF46703523
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. The age of stewardship. The road to Armageddon ; The brief reign of whirl
; The churches do their part ; Part II. Why the center held. The battle for the clergy
; Assaulting the citadel ; Inventing the old-time religion ; The last hurrah: the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Part III. From revelation to rationalization. Revolt in
the suburbs ; The twilight of the Protestant establishment ; Why the prophetic torch
wasn't passed.
