Progressive and Conservative Religious Ideologies

The Tumultuous Decade of the 1960s

Richard Lints author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th Nov '16

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This book explores the surprisingly disruptive role of religion for progressive and conservative ideologies in the tumultuous decade of the 1960s. Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized. Lints explores how the themes of protest and retrieval intersect each other in ironic ways in the significant concrete controversies of the 1960s - the Civil Rights Movement, Second Feminist Movement, The Jesus Movements, and the Anti-War Movements - and in the conceptual conflicts of ideas during the era - The Death of God Movement, the end of ideology controversy, and the death of foundationalism. Lints argues that religion and religious ideologies serve both a prophetic function as well as a domesticating one, and that neither "conservative" nor "progressive" movements have cornered the market in either direction. In the process Lints helps us better understand the complex role of religion in cultural formation.

'Richard Lints provides an illuminating account of the intellectual, cultural, and religious transformation of America in the 1960s. Lints's exposition is filled with keen insights concerning all these topics and by emphasizing the complex roles of religious beliefs in the era he also offers fresh perspectives. This is a work of cultural analysis that rewards careful reading.' George Marsden, University of Notre Dame, USA '[Lints's] book is an important corrective to the cartoon version of the '60s as a fight between reactionary religion and progressive secularity.' Church Times 'Richard Lints has provided a brilliant interpretation of what actually happened in the Sixties that puts religion at the centre of the picture. The range of sources he can draw on is impressive. As well as being familiar with evangelicalism, he is also able to chart the history of Anglo-American philosophy in the 20th century, arguing that the end of foundationalism was the key event in the second half of the 20th century. Despite the range of material, Lints writes clearly and many readers will be excited by the story he tells. To people like me who came of age in this period, he makes sense of the experiences we passed through and helps us to come to a retrospective understanding of what was happening in those heady days.' Church of England Newspaper

ISBN: 9781138278677

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

256 pages