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Forest Futures is an exciting collection of original essays written
by leading scientists, policy analysts, public lands managers, and
advocates that addresses four related issues regarding the future
of our nation's forests: ideas and practices of sustainable
forestry; science and policymaking; threatened and endangered
species protection on forested lands; and the future of public
forest lands management. Offering a genuine debate and dialogue,
Forest Futures discusses the present and future of our nation's
forests in light of the current debate on forest management
concepts, practices, and compromises established a decade ago.
Brings together the observations and analyses of forest scientists,
land managers, social scientists, and legal advocates to address
common concerns regarding the state of our nation's forests, Essays
are uniquely and comprehensively integrated due to a distinctive
'dialogic' approach, Includes a unique section on the relationship
between science and policy exploring the questions of scientific
uncertainty and the use and abuse of science with the policy
process. Forest Futures is an important and timely work ideal for
environmental science, environmental policy, and forestry college
courses, as well as for policymakers, citizens, and activists
interested in forest policy related issues.
Scholarship on the role of religion in American public life has
taken on a new urgency in the increasingly contentious wake of the
attacks of September 11, 2001. This volume brings together an
impressive group of scholars to build on past work and broaden the
scope of this crucial inquiry in two respects: by exploring aspects
of the religion-politics nexus in the United States that have been
neglected in the past, and by examining traditional questions
concerning the religious tincture of American political discourse
in provocative new ways. Essays include examinations of religious
rhetoric in American political and cultural discourse after
September 11th, the impact of religious ideas on environmental
ethics, religion and American law beyond the First Amendment,
religious responses to questions of gay and lesbian rights, the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and issues of free
speech and public space in Utah, and the role of religious
institutions and ideas on the political priorities of
African-American and Latino communities. In addition, Religion,
Politics, and American Identity includes introductory and
concluding essays by leading scholars in the field of religion and
politics that assess present and future directions for study.
Scholarship on the role of religion in American public life has
taken on a new urgency in the increasingly contentious wake of the
attacks of September 11, 2001. This volume brings together an
impressive group of scholars to build on past work and broaden the
scope of this crucial inquiry in two respects: by exploring aspects
of the religion-politics nexus in the United States that have been
neglected in the past, and by examining traditional questions
concerning the religious tincture of American political discourse
in provocative new ways. Essays include examinations of religious
rhetoric in American political and cultural discourse after
September 11th, the impact of religious ideas on environmental
ethics, religion and American law beyond the First Amendment,
religious responses to questions of gay and lesbian rights, the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and issues of free
speech and public space in Utah, and the role of religious
institutions and ideas on the political priorities of
African-American and Latino communities. In addition, Religion,
Politics, and American Identity includes introductory and
concluding essays by leading scholars in the field of religion and
politics that assess present and future directions for study.
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