{"product_id":"pagans-and-christians-in-the-city-culture-wars-from-the-tiber-to-the-potomac-paperback","title":"Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven D. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert P. George\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicking up poet T. S. Eliot's World War II-era thesis that the future of the West would be determined by a contest between Christianity and \"modern paganism,\" Smith argues in this book that today's culture wars can be seen as a reprise of the basic antagonism that pitted pagans against Christians in the Roman Empire. Smith's \u003ci\u003ePagans and Christians in the City \u003c\/i\u003elooks at that historical conflict and explores how the same competing ideas continue to clash today. All of us, Smith shows, have much to learn by observing how patterns from ancient history are reemerging in today's most controversial issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven D. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and serves as codirector of the university's Institute for Law and Religion. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51829142028576,"sku":"9780802878809","price":44.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7218b110f43e20a2af3d69a963774bc7.webp?v=1781260136","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pagans-and-christians-in-the-city-culture-wars-from-the-tiber-to-the-potomac-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}