… influence public policy are poorly understood. This volume aims to enhance our understanding
of the public role of mainline Protestantism and to encourage reflection among mainline …

… in this volume, mainline Protestants continue to exercise … trajectory of the Protestant mainline
from the Reformation to … gave rise to contemporary mainline Protestantism and provides an …

… Moreover, they persuasively argue that the public role of mainline Protestantism is sig… in
mainline Protestantism. Although the editors' goals are to document the activities of mainline …

… mainline denominations (including the six that are the focus of the Public Role of Mainline
Protestantism … of the mainline tradition into sharp relief by comparisons to the conservative …

… of environmental activism, and, more recently, Mainline … 10-18 (summarizing history of
faith-based sector in socially … initiatives, Mainline churches have been remarkably quiet on the …

… Research has been conducted on mainline Protestant political activism on a whole host of …
) The Quiet Hand of God: Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism, …

… chapter, faith-based community organizing (FBCO) is … literate people in many Mainline
Protestant congregations, it … might find this a good time to promote the political virtues of quiet faith…

… most common forms of religious or social activism reported by evangelicals were … faith-based
environmentalism has become entrenched in the organization of mainline Protestantism…

… Community Organizing and Public Policy Local activism may … One way activists link their
religion to organizing is by drawing … faith-based community organizing builds on the Protestant …