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by Os Guinness

ISBN: 0061353434
Author: Os Guinness
Language: English
Publisher: HarperOne (January 22, 2008)
Pages: 224
Category: Relationships
Subcategory: Self-Help
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The Case For Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America, as one model for fostering civility around the . Heard Os Guinness speak IRL and he gave a 30 minute synopsis of this book.

The Case For Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America, as one model for fostering civility around the world and helping to make a world safe for diversity. Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the culture wars that-rather than creating a public space for real debate-threaten to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country. Wow. He makes a great case for being civil to each other (political right and left, religious right and left, really any group) and why it matters to the future of the USA.

The Case for Civility book. Os Guinness is a Christian apologist and social critic. He is a direct descendant of Arthur Guinness, the founder of the Dublin brewery. In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side.

The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world. Influential Christian writer and speaker Os Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the polarization of American politics and culture that-rather than creating a public space for real debate-threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion and that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country.

The Case for Civility. Depends on It. Os Guinness. So, let us not be blind to our differences-but let us also direct our attention to our common interests and to means by which those differences can be resolved

The Case for Civility. So, let us not be blind to our differences-but let us also direct our attention to our common interests and to means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, Commencement Address, American University, June 1963.

The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world

The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world.

Os Guinness has done us all a great service in writing The Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends on It. Always an articulate and sane voice, Guinness attempts to bring reason to the conversations, arguments that rage in America and beyond today. He notes, "Unquestionably, religion can be divisive, violent and evil. But also, unquestionably, secularism can be oppressive, murderous, and evil, to.

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Author and social critic Os Guinness discusses the plea he offers up in his book by the same title - a plea to end the polarization of American politics and culture, which he says threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion that have long preserved liberty.

Furthermore, although Guinness notes that he is a European, the book is oddly marked by the old rhetoric of American cultural imperialism. Echoing JFK, Guinness wants his essay to be taken as "one model for fostering civility around the world and helping make the world safe for diversity. Many readers may prefer Charles Marsh's lively, provocative manifesto Wayward Christian Soldiers.

Our future depends on optimists like Diamandis. even the most skeptical. and he has published more than 20 books, including вЂњThe Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends

Our future depends on optimists like Diamandis. and he has published more than 20 books, including вЂњThe Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends.

In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side and a strident secularism on the other, no question is more urgent than how we live with our deepest differences—especially our religious and ideological differences. The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world. Influential Christian writer and speaker Os Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the polarization of American politics and culture that—rather than creating a public space for real debate—threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion and that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country.

Guinness takes on the contemporary threat of the excesses of the Religious Right and the secular Left, arguing that we must find a middle ground between privileging one religion over another and attempting to make all public expression of faith illegal. If we do not do this, Guinness contends, Western civilization as we know it will die. Always provocative and deeply insightful, Guinness puts forth a vision of a new, practical "civil and cosmopolitan public square" that speaks not only to America's immediate concerns but to the long-term interests of the republic and the world.

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Andronrad

Guinness takes us back into our own history, to point out to us the intent of the framers of American politics. "Civility" is indeed the key concept behind the book: that the framers recognized that civility is required to encourage the voicing of disparate opinions in society, and that these opinions need to be brought civilly - with a respect for the other and for the political process - in order for the system to encourage true freedom.
This books is a breath of fresh air that every politician should have by his/her pillow, and every thinking American should read, and read again.

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Heard Os Guinness speak IRL and he gave a 30 minute synopsis of this book. Wow. He makes a great case for being civil to each other (political right and left, religious right and left, really any group) and why it matters to the future of the USA. Irish-born, Guinness has incredible insight on the Founding Fathers, Bill of Rights, and our Constitution.

Hugighma

Must read and we should really start to live this way. Easy read, and good commentary from a Non-American. Sad that it's takes an Englishman to point out how incredible our country is and how we are the best chance for our world to find civility.

Auridora

Thought provoking and challenging to some of the fundamental ways we conceive of our own nation. A must read no matter you personal politics or religion.

Uste

Mr. Guinness does a great job analyzing the First amendment for our culture in 2013. As civilians of the greatest nation on planet earth, we would do much better being more civil in our dialog with one another.

Bolanim

If you value freedom of speech read this book.

It beats up the religious right and the secular left. But he does it in such a beautiful way that you just have to read how he beats you up.

No matter what your views are there is a lot of wisdom in this book. Christian, read this book so you don't make such a dill of yourself; Atheist, do the same.

Wizer

great concept, but took basically a two page paper and made a book out of it.

over kill.

The core problem with this book is also its greatest strength. The author attempts to criticize both U.S. major parties and the U.S. media in general for setting up strict ideological divisions that bring about fear and hatred, possibly even setting things up for national collapse. A lot of his points are well-made, and his disgust as a faithful Christian at how many politicians use religion as a front for private agendas is totally justified. At the same time, the author spends comparatively little time in coming up with specific solutions to solve these problems. Even worse, he keeps portraying this false balance where condemning religious fundamentalists has to be balanced against criticism against secularists.

It's a major flaw all through the book. Yes, it seems pretty bad when secular colleges kick out religious student clubs when the groups are labeled as intolerant. Comparing that sort of thing to the rise of Osama Bin Laden and militant attacks by his fanatics isn't just wrong but absolutely ludicrous. There's also quite a difference between biased TV media and trolls who peddle death threats, one is a normal part of democracy and the other is anything but. In the end, the book seems worth reading, but the pervasive sense of false balance is deeply frustrating.