Meaning and Modernity Religion, Polity, and Self [Paperback]

Deepening and developing the seminal vision ofHabits of the Heart(California, 1985), this volume presents original essays by leading thinkers in the social sciences, philosophy, and religion.

Richard Madsenis Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of five books, includingChina's Catholics(California, 1999).William M. Sullivanis Professor of Philosophy at La Salle University and Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is the author ofWork and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America(1995).Ann Swidleris Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her most recent book isTalk of Love: How Culture Matters(2001).Steven M. Tiptonis Director of the Graduate Division of Religion and Professor of Sociology at Emory University and its Candler School of Theology. He is at work onPublic Pulpits,a study of religious advocacy in Washington. All four editors are the coauthors, with Robert N. Bellah, ofHabits of the HeartandThe Good Society.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
by Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven M. Tipton
1. Mythic Gestures : Robert N. Bellah and Cultural Sociology
by Jeffrey C. Alexander and Steven J. Sherwood
2. Social Differentiation and Moral Pluralism
by Steven M. Tipton
3. Saving the Self: Endowment vs. Depletion in American Institutions
by Ann Swidler
4. Mirror-Image Modernities: Contrasting Religious Premises of Japanese and U.S. Modernity
by S. N. Eisenstadt
5. Calvinism and Revolution: The Walzer Thesis Reconsidered
by Philip S. Gorski
6. Comparative Cosmopolis: Discovering Different Paths to Moral Integration in the Modern Ecumene
by Richard Madsen
7. Mammon and the Culture of the Market: A Socio-Theological Critique
by Harvey Col³*