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The Case For Civility - And Why Our Future Depends on It (Hardcover)
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The Case For Civility - And Why Our Future Depends on It (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 960
You Save R49 (8%)
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"How do we live with our deepest differences, especially when those
differences are religious and ideological?" The place to begin to
search for answers is the United States. Not because the problem is
worse here than elsewhere--on the contrary--but because America has
the best resources, and therefore the greatest responsibility to
point the way in answering the deepest questions. The Case For
Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America, as one
model for fostering civility around the world and helping to make a
world safe for diversity.
Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the culture wars
that--rather than creating a public space for real debate--threaten
to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion that
have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country.
Guinness argues that we must:
-Say "No!" to the sacred public square-we cannot privilege one
religion over another; the Christian Right has it wrong
-Say "No!" to the naked public square-public expressions of faith
must remain legal; intolerance in the name of tolerance by the
secular left is equally wrongheaded
The world is watching how Americans behave and, in the eyes of the
world, we are failing to live up to our own ideals. Rich with
historical anecdotes that unlock the genius of the American
experiment, Guinness also takes on the contemporary threat of both
the religious right and the secular left to construct a new way
forward in the midst of the buildup to the Fall 2008 presidential
elections.
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