MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01763cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2008047402
003 DLC
005 20090812120351.0
008 081110s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780465013678 (alk. paper)
020 $a0465013678 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn246894481
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050 00 $aBR526$b.N39 2009
082 00 $a277.3/083$222
100 1 $aNeuhaus, Richard John.
245 10 $aAmerican Babylon :$bnotes of a Christian exile /$cRichard John Neuhaus.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2009.
300 $avii, 270 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.
520 $aChristians are by their nature a people out of place. Their true home is with God; in civic life, they are alien citizens "in but not of the world." Here, eminent theologian Richard John Neuhaus examines the particular truth of that ambiguity for Catholics in America today. Neuhaus addresses the essential quandaries of Catholic life--assessing how Catholics can keep their heads above water in the sea of immorality that confronts them in the world, how they can be patriotic even though their true country is not in this world, and how they might reconcile their duties as citizens with their commitment to God.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aBabylon then and now -- Meeting God as an American -- The idea of moral progress -- Can an atheist be a good citizen? -- An age of irony -- Salvation is from the Jews -- Politics for the time being -- Hope and hopelessness.
650 0 $aChristianity$zUnited States$y21st century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y21st century.