Our Endangered Values

Description:

President Carter has written importantly about his spiritual life and faith. In this book, he offers a personal consideration of "moral values" as they relate to the important issues of the day. He puts forward a passionate defense of separation of church and state, and a strong warning of where the country is heading as the lines between politics and rigid religious fundamentalism are blurred. He reacts to some trends involving both the religious and the political worlds as they have increasingly become intertwined, and including some of the most crucial and controversial issues of the day--frequently encapsulated under "moral values." They include preemptive war, women's rights, terrorism, civil liberties, homosexuality, abortion, the death penalty, science and religion, environmental degradation, nuclear arsenals, America's global image, fundamentalism, and the melding of religion and politics. Sustained by his faith, Carter assesses these issues in a forceful and unequivocal but balanced and courageous way.--From publisher description.

subjects: Conditions morales,  Church and state,  Religion,  Sociale waarden,  Politik,  Social values,  Moral conditions,  Overheidsbeleid,  Moraal,  Politics and government,  Government policy,  Menschenrecht,  Kerk en staat,  Politique gouvernementale,  Église et État,  Foreign relations,  Relations extérieures,  Christianisme et politique,  Christianity and politics,  Aspect moral,  Église et problèmes sociaux,  Valeurs sociales,  Human rights,  Droits de l'homme (Droit international),  Moral and ethical aspects,  Fundamentalismus,  Church and social problems,  Wertordnung,  Politique et gouvernement,  Religious fundamentalism,  Fondamentalisme,  Political ethics,  International relations,  Large type books

Places: United States,  États-Unis,  USA

Times: 2001-,  2001-2009