A Nation of Behavers - Hardcover

Marty, Martin E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226508919 ISBN 13: 9780226508917

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1976

Martin Marty, a professor of church history, offers his original approach to theology. This hardback is a 1976 edition. It is written by an award winning author and has 239 pages.

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From the Back Cover:

In this book, the author constructs a new 'map' of American religion, a sociocultural 'geography of religion'....He argues convincingly that what most distinguishes one religious grouping from another is what people do, ...not primarily what they say or believe. We are a nation of behavers more than believers....It is a brilliant essay and must reading for all wish to understand the nature and function of religion in contemporary American society.

About the Author:

Martin E. Marty is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago. Among his many books are the 1972 National Book Award winner, Righteous Empire: The Protestant Experience in America, and Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America. He is also the author of Modern American Religion, Volume I: The Irony of It All, 1893-1919, published by the University of Chicago Press. The recipient of numerous honorary degrees, he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and past President of the American Society of Church History, the American Catholic Historical Association, and the American Academy of Religion.

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