Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03039-8 - Resurrecting Democracy: Faith, Citizenship, and the Politics of a Common Life Luke Bretherton Frontmatter More information Resurrecting Democracy Through a case study of community organizing in the global city of London and an examination of the legacy of Saul Alinsky around the world, this book develops a constructive account of the relationship between religious diversity, democratic citizenship , and economic and political accountability. Based on an in-depth, ethnographic study, Part I identifi es and depicts a consociational, populist, and faithfully secular vision of democratic citizenship by refl ecting on the different strands of thought and practice that feed into and help constitute com- munity organizing. Particular attention is given to how organizing mediates the relationship between Christianity , Islam, and Judaism and those without a religious commitment in order to forge a common life. Part II then unpacks the implications of this vision for how we respond to the spheres in which citizenship is enacted, namely, civil society, the sovereign nation-state, and the globalized economy. Overall, the book outlines a way of re-imagining democracy, developing innovative pub- lic policy, and addressing poverty in the contemporary context. Luke Bretherton is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics and Senior Fellow of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Before Duke he was Reader in Theology and Politics at King’s College London (2004–2012). His other books include Hospitality as Holiness: Christian Witness Amid Moral Diversity (2006) and C hristianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness (2010), winner of the 2013 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing. In addition to publishing journal articles and books, he writes for the media on issues related to religion and politics. This book grows out of a three-year Arts and Humanities Research Council–funded project for which he was principal investigator (2008–2011). © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03039-8 - Resurrecting Democracy: Faith, Citizenship, and the Politics of a Common Life Luke Bretherton Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-03039-8 - Resurrecting Democracy: Faith, Citizenship, and the Politics of a Common Life Luke Bretherton Frontmatter More information Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics Editors David C. Leege, U niversity of Notre Dame Kenneth D. Wald , U niversity of Florida, Gainesville Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico The most enduring and illuminating bodies of late nineteenth-century social theory – by Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and others – emphasized the integration of religion, polity, and economy through time and place. Once a staple of classic social theory, however, religion gradually lost the interest of many social scientists dur- ing the twentieth century. The recent emergence of phenomena such as Solidarity in Poland; the dissolution of the Soviet empire; various South American, Southern African, and South Asian liberation movements; the Christian Right in the United States; and Al Qaeda have reawakened scholarly interest in religiously based polit- ical confl ict. At the same time, fundamental questions are once again being asked about the role of religion in stable political regimes, public policies, and constitu- tional orders. 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ISBN 978-1-107-03039-8 (hardback) – I SBN 978-1-107-64196-9 (paperback) 1. Community organization–Philosophy. 2. Citizenship. 3. Democracy. 4. Civil society. I. Title. HM 766. 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