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From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at large. Now in its seventh edition, Religion and Politics in the United States includes analyses of the nation's most pressing political matters regarding religious freedom, and the ways in which that essential constitutional freedom situates itself within modern America.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables Preface 1. A Secular Society? The Puzzle of Religious Vitality The Persistence of Religion Stability or Change? Possible Explanations Why the United States? 2. Religion in the American Context Understanding Religion Patterns of Religious Affiliation Basic Political Tendencies Conclusion 3. Religion and American Political Culture The Puritan Imprint on Colonial Thought Covenant Theology and the Right to Revolt Puritanism and Democracy: A Qualification "Total Depravity" and Institutional Restraint One Nation under God: A Civil Religion Civil Religion as a Double-Edged Sword One of Many Influences4. Religion and the State The Genesis of Church-State Conflict Overview of Church-State Relations How Far Can Government Go? The Judicial Record The Separationist Era (1940s-1970s) The Accomodationist Era The Politics of Church-State Relations The Constitutional Revolution in Perspective The Cutting Edge 5. Mobilizing Religious Interests Studying Religious Interests Establishing Motive Establishing Means Conclusion 6. Religion and Political Action Religious Cultural Environment Institutional Contexts Partisan Political Alignments Influential Allies Policy Domain Conclusion 7. Religion and Public Opinion Economic Liberalism Moral-Cultural Issues Social Justice Foreign Policy What Culture War? 8. The Political Mobilization of Evangelical Protestants The Political Background Roots of the "New Christian Right" Building a National Movement Evangelical Political Action Organizational Transformation: The Second Generation Theories of Evangelical Mobilization The Impact of the Christian Right The Consequences for Public Policy Good Times? The Christian Right and the Bush Administration Assessing the Christian Right Strategic Realities Conclusion9. Continuity and Change in the Religious Center Catholicism: Conflicting Political Impulses The Conservative Political Heritage The Transformation of Catholic Attitudes Abortion: The Catholic Response Is Abortion a Catholic Issue? The Political Traditions of Mainline Protestants Mainline Activism: Sources and Reactions American Jews 10. Religion and the Politics of Ethnic and Religious Minorities African American Protestants Latino Catholics and Protestants Muslim Americans Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Other Faith Traditions Conclusion 11. The Other Minorities Women, Religion, and Politics Homosexuals Religion and Homosexuality Conclusion 12. Religion and American Political Life The Case against Religious Influence in Politics Assessing the Evidence The Case for Religion in Politics Religion in Public Conversation Notes References Index About the Authors
