IInTHE ENCOUNTER SERIES will contribute sreatly tonour undcrstandins of the part that faith plays in the continuinsnAmerican experiment”nArlslns out of the conferences sponsored bynthe Center on Relision and Society in NewnYork City, the Encounter Series presents the dialoguenof a diverse group of theologians, ethicists, philosophers,nand public policy experts from across thenpolitical and religious spectrum. The subjects underndiscussion are as varied as evangelical politicalntheor/, Jews in unsecular America, the renascencenof religion in the public arena, church-state conflict,nthe changing mission of the Black Church, and thenidea of virtue in the modern world. Each volumenincludes not only the essays presented at thenconference, but also a lively narrative of thensubsequent discussion, which allows the reader tonexperience more fully the actual give-and-take ofngenuine dialogue.nRICHARD JOHPi WEUHAUS AnEMGOUMTER’ Q^”^^^’*«>-n-GEORGE GALLUP, JR.nNow Available:nVIRTUE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATEn”John Adams wrote that ‘conscience’nA^as a word long out of fashion in hisn-“; iy. In our time, ‘virtue’ has been equallynui ‘ashionable for some decades. Butnprc.>;ntly people discover that an un-n.’i'”i..ous era is a vicious era. The intelligentno. “!.• 1 Virtue: Public and Private will benof real assistance in restoring among us annpprehension of what virtue is and how the wordnly be abused.” -RUSSELL KIRKn/s by: James H. Billington • Gilbert Meilaender,n• Robert E. Rodes, Jr.; • Bernard Semmel.nPaper, $5.95nUNSECULAR AMERICAn”A lively collection of writings on a topic of increasingninterest to clergy, sociologists and, of course, politicians.n-THE KIRKUS REVIEWSn”As Unsecular America makes clear, the notion thatnAmehca is or is rapidly becoming a secular society flies innthe face of the evidence. On the other hand, thenimplications of the perduring and growing force of religionnare by no means clear. And that is one reason why,nespecially now, thoughtful Americans of all religionsnand none should welcome the appearance ofnthe Encounter Series. _f,^j^^ g^^Qg^nEssays by: Paul Johnson A Everett Carll Ladd A George M.nMarsden A Richard John NeuhausnPaper, $8.95nAvailable in Fall 1986:nCONFESSION, CONFLia, AND COMMUNITYnEssays by A Peter L. Berger A Edwin S. Gaustad A EberhardnMullerATrutzRendtorffnAt your bookstore, or write:nWM.B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING CO.n255 JEFFERSON AVE. S.E. / GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49503nnn