Civic virtues, public service and personal sacrifice and responsibility have again become vital questions for Americans struggling with the moral and political problems of citizenship. This book brings together social and political thinkers to address the question of civic vitality.

Part 1 Introduction: Citizenship and Soulcraft Part 2 Cultivating Citizens as Historical Problem Chapter 3 Cicero, Citizenship, and Epicurean Temptation Chapter 4 Soulcraft, Citizenship, and Church-Craft: The View from Hippo Chapter 5 From Moral Virtue to Material Benefit: Dominium and Citizenship in Late Medieval Europe Chapter 6 Lockean Liberalism and the Cultivation fo Citizens Part 7 Cultivating Citizens as Contemporary Problem Chapter 8 Who Are We? Taking Stock of the Culture Chapter 9 Higher Education and the Cultivation of Citizenship Chapter 10 Citizenship, Faith, and Christian Higher Education Chapter 11 Have Americans Lost their Virtue? Chapter 12 Liberalism, Consumerism, and Citizenship