{"product_id":"prodigal-nation-moral-decline-and-divine-punishment-from-new-england-to-9-11-paperback-1","title":"Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9\/11 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew R. Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Original and wide-ranging, Murphy's discerning and important study is another reminder that America is 'the nation with the soul of a church.'\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cem\u003eJournal of American History \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wide-ranging and thoughtful meditation on how the theo-political stories we Americans tell ourselves resonate with and sometimes even create the communities we inhabit. This book deserves an honored place among the oeuvre of work by political scientists and historians on the jeremiad.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cem\u003ePolitics and Religion\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A significant contribution to the historical account of the role of religion in American politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003ePerspectives on Politics \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eProdigal Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is a careful account of how theologies function politically and deserves attention from political scientists, political theologians, American historians, and others interested in the interface of religion and culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eReligious Studies Review \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This highly original and wonderfully written analysis will be invaluable to anyone interested in the meaning of America.\" --Harry S. Stout, author of \u003cem\u003eThe New England Soul\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUpon the Altar of the Nation\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant analysis of the American jeremiad. Elegant, powerful, hopeful, and wise - \u003cem\u003eProdigal Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the fitful history of the American spirit.\" --James A. Morone, author of \u003cem\u003eHellfire Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Democratic Wish\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew R. Murphy is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Bruswick. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eConscience and Community: Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America\u003c\/em\u003e, the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eReligion, Politics, and the American Identity: New Directions, New Controversies\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Political Writings of William Penn\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562933358688,"sku":"9780199775279","price":70.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/QWJxc0pYYzcrUnk2U3lpSVFvcW5LQT09.webp?v=1770382539","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/prodigal-nation-moral-decline-and-divine-punishment-from-new-england-to-9-11-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}