Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Introduction: Academics as Public Intellectuals; Ada María Isasi-Diaz, Mary McClintock-Fulkerson and Rosemary P. Carbine PART I 1. The Indigenous Dream - A World Without an 'America'; Andrea Smith 2. Race, Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness; James H. Evans, Jr. 3. Pax Americana, Pax Humana; Sharon Welch PART II 4. The United States as a Responsible Member of the Global Community: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness When Militarized 5. Prostitution Matters; K. Christine Pae 6. Living Sustainably toward Social Justice: Asceticism Revisited; Paula M. Cooey 7. 'Dead in the Water….Again': Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in the 21st Century; Teresa Delgado 8. Welcome to the Great American Middle Class: From the American Dream to Deep Solidarity; Joerg Rieger 9. Political Theology as Reflection on the Arts of Liberatory Politics; Mark Lewis Taylor PART III 10. Naming What We Want: Thoughts on Religious Vocabulary and the Desire for Quality of Life; Anthony B. Pinn 11. Redeeming Equality: Life, Liberty and Alternatives to Obliviousness; Mary McClintock Fulkerson 12. The Political Divide; Stephanie Y. Mitchem 13. Revitalizing U.S. Civil Society by Reconceptualizing Civil Religion and its Virtues; Rosemary P. Carbine Conclusion: Latinas and Latinos Understanding of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; Ada María Isasi-Díaz Afterword