Changing Society A Social and Spiritual Vision for the Year 2020 and Beyond
by Menz, Robert L.; Gebhart, James E.; Godwin, Roy E.; Mazurowski, Suellen; Michael, Janice; Ogle, Gwendolyn; Strayer, Robert; Thomas, Brian C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-05-16
Publisher(s): UPA
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Summary
Changing Society: A Social and Spiritual Vision for the Year 2020 and Beyond addresses the five traditional social institutions (marriage and family, religion, education, politics, and economics) as well as other important social institutions (health care, race, ethnicity, and technology). The editor and contributors provide keen social insights as they consider the current dynamics as well as the historical and future issues of each of these social institutions. This book is unique in that each of the writers approaches their topic from vast professional expertise and from great spiritual awareness (that is, such things as values, essence, meaning, and purpose). With the intention of focus and clarity and by projecting into the year 2020, one can appreciate how Vision 2020 as part of the book's title captures a double entendre.
Author Biography
Robert L. Menz, D.Min., is the author of two other books and is adjunct faculty at Edison Community College in Piqua, Ohio. He is also the employee counselor and corporate employee assistance director for Emerson Climate Technologies and director of the Shelby County Chaplaincy Board in Sydney, Ohio.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| The Social Institutions | p. 1 |
| Marriage and Family | p. 3 |
| What is a Family?-A Changing Paradigm | p. 3 |
| Evolving Statistics | p. 5 |
| A Family Profile | p. 5 |
| A Marriage Profile | p. 8 |
| Divorce Statistics | p. 10 |
| Why Are Marriages Failing? | p. 11 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 15 |
| Toward Healthy Families | p. 16 |
| The Soul of Family-A Summary | p. 18 |
| Religion | p. 21 |
| The Situation in North America | p. 22 |
| Two Wings of Discipleship | p. 25 |
| The Gathering Storm: Christian Nationalism vs. Christian Secularism | p. 27 |
| The Roman Catholic Experience | p. 31 |
| The Situation in Europe | p. 32 |
| The Situation in the Global South | p. 33 |
| Islam and Judaism | p. 34 |
| Islam | p. 35 |
| Judaism | p. 38 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 38 |
| Education | p. 43 |
| Historical Perspective | p. 44 |
| Recent History of Education in the United States | p. 45 |
| Current Issues in Education | p. 47 |
| The No Child Left Behind Act | p. 47 |
| Tax Vouchers | p. 50 |
| Magnet Schools | p. 51 |
| Charter Schools | p. 51 |
| Technology | p. 52 |
| Philanthropy | p. 53 |
| Privatization | p. 54 |
| Home Schooling | p. 56 |
| Economics and Poverty in the Public Schools | p. 57 |
| Ending the Dropout Crisis | p. 61 |
| Religion and the Public Schools | p. 63 |
| The Pledge of Allegiance | p. 63 |
| Creationism | p. 64 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 67 |
| Politics | p. 75 |
| The Social and Spiritual Aspects of Politics | p. 75 |
| Megatrend: The Rising Tide of Spirituality | p. 77 |
| Megatrend: The Movement Toward Fundamentalist Politics | p. 80 |
| The Soul of Politics | p. 81 |
| The March to the Right | p. 84 |
| The Call to a Dynamic Middle | p. 89 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 92 |
| Economics | p. 99 |
| Historical Perspective | p. 99 |
| Future Concerns | p. 111 |
| The Increasing Share of Federal Budget on Social Spending and Growth of Government | p. 111 |
| Employment | p. 114 |
| An Economy in Crisis | p. 116 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 117 |
| The Soul of Economics-A Summary | p. 118 |
| Other Social Institutions | p. 123 |
| Health Care | p. 125 |
| Historical Perspective | p. 126 |
| Current State of Medical Care | p. 128 |
| Problematic Issues | p. 134 |
| Looming Health Concerns | p. 141 |
| Influenza | p. 141 |
| AIDS | p. 142 |
| Obesity | p. 143 |
| Tobacco | p. 143 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 145 |
| The Soul of Health-A Summary | p. 147 |
| Race and Ethnicity | p. 153 |
| Historical Perspective | p. 154 |
| Jim Crow's Legacy | p. 155 |
| Ending Jim Crow Segregation | p. 155 |
| Current State of Race and Ethnicity | p. 155 |
| Dismantling Affirmative Action | p. 156 |
| Increases in Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States | p. 160 |
| Are Attitudes Toward Race/Ethnicity Changing? | p. 161 |
| Transforming Biased Attitudes Into Action | p. 162 |
| Profiling the Justice System | p. 164 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 166 |
| Technology | p. 171 |
| Technology Defined | p. 171 |
| Historical Perspective | p. 172 |
| Current State of Technology | p. 174 |
| Technology Trends | p. 178 |
| Globalization | p. 179 |
| Social Implications of Technology Development | p. 180 |
| Spiritual Implications | p. 183 |
| The Impact of Technology: Technology Issues | p. 188 |
| Future Trends-2020 | p. 189 |
| Index | p. 197 |
| About the Editor and Authors | p. 207 |
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