LEADER 05276oam 22005772a 450 001 9910810997103321 005 20240501163302.0 010 $a979-84-00-68130-1 010 $a1-280-91848-9 010 $a9786610918485 010 $a1-84972-905-0 010 $a1-59884-001-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400681301 035 $a(OCoLC)648278189 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3MFA 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC305255 035 $a(OCoLC)1426854633 035 $a(CaStbABC)BP9798400681301BC 035 $a(CKB)1000000000475446 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475446 100 $a20070409d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMainline Christians and U.S. public policy $ea reference handbook /$fGlenn H. Utter 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, California :$cABC-CLIO,$d2007. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aContemporary world issues. 300 $aProvides a chronology of the events that shaped the present beliefs, values, and concerns of nine mainline Christian denominations from colonial times to the present. Compares and contrasts mainline Christian denominations in the United States with the current status of religious belief and practice in their countries of origin. Presents brief biographies of individuals who have played significant roles within mainline denominations and in attempting to influence U.S. public policy. Discusses the major areas of disagreement within mainline denominations that potentially threaten their unity. 311 $a1-59884-000-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBackground and history : mainline denominations -- Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) -- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (PCUSA) -- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) -- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (CCDC) -- American Baptist Churches in the USA (ABC) -- United Church of Christ (UCC) -- Reformed Church in America (RCA) -- United Methodist Church (UMC) -- Catholic Church -- National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) -- Renewal movements -- Mainline Christian denominations and public policy -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Sexuality issues within denominations -- Capital punishment -- Embryonic stem-cell research -- End-of-life decisions and the right to die -- Faith-based initiative -- Immigration -- Iraq war -- Abortion -- Values and public policy -- Worldwide perspective -- England -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Poland -- Sweden -- Biographical sketches -- Daniel Berrigan -- Joan Chittister -- William Sloane Coffin, Jr. -- John Clagget Danforth -- Dorothy Day -- Robert W. (Bob) Edgar -- James A. Forbes, Jr. -- Harry Emerson Fosdick -- Wesley Granberg-Michaelson -- Wilton D. Gregory -- Frank T. Griswold -- Mark S. Hanson -- Katharine Jeffers Schori -- Elizabeth A. Johnson -- Barry W. Lynn -- Roger Michael Mahoney -- Martin E. Marty -- A. Roy Medley -- Reinhold Niebuhr -- Sean Patrick O'Malley -- Norman Vincent Peale -- George F. Regas -- Robert H. Schuller -- Fulton J. Sheen -- John Shelby Spong -- John H. Thomas -- Sharon E. Watkins -- Documents and data -- Data overview of the mainline denominations -- Documents and quotations -- Equality and poverty -- Public schools -- Mainline political engagement -- Sexuality issues -- Immigration -- Faith-based initiative -- Iraq War -- Science -- Abortion -- Embryonic stem-cell research -- End-of-life decisions, the right to die, and euthanasia -- Environment -- Death penalty -- Directory of organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources. 330 $aMainline Christian Values and U.S. Public Policy: A Reference Handbook provides a revealing and unbiased look at the emergence of Christian denominations as a political force, primarily from the late 19th century to the present. The book examines the origins, development, current organization and activities, and future prospects of nine mainline U.S. denominations: the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., the Catholic Church, the Christian Church, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. Readers will encounter a surprising variety of Christian voices offering a range of positions on the Iraq War, abortion, same-sex marriage, global warming, stem-cell research, the death penalty, and other controversial issues. Includes numerous quotations and primary source documents issued by mainline denomination leaders and activists on a wide range of issues. 410 0$aContemporary world issues. 606 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States 606 $aChristianity$zUnited States 615 0$aChristianity and politics 615 0$aChristianity 676 $a261.80973 700 $aUtter$b Glenn H$0944391 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810997103321 996 $aMainline Christians and U.S. public policy$94094414 997 $aUNINA