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This volume investigates some of the most visible issues in American politics today, including gay marriage and race, along with ongoing concerns that often fly below the radar of the mass media, such as healthcare and homelessness. The book uncovers and explores the political motivations, effectiveness, and interplay of organized religious interests as they confront public problems in their local communities.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Toward a Fuller Understanding of Religion and Politics
--Paul A. Djupe & Laura R. Olson
Part I: Moral Concerns
2 God and Gaming: Community Conflict over a Proposed Indian Casino in West Michigan
--James M. Penning & Andrew Storteboom
3 Sweet Land of Liberty: The Gay Marriage Amendment in Nevada
--David F. Damore, Ted G. Jelen, & Michael W. Bowers
4 Clergy and Controversy: A Study of Clergy and Gay Rights in Columbus, Ohio
--Paul A. Djupe, Jacob R. Neiheisel, & Anand Edward Sokhey
Part II: Social Justice
5 Religious Interests in Community Collaboration: The Quiet Fight for Health Care in South Omaha
--Sue E. S. Crawford
6 Homelessness, Ecumenism, and Politics in Racine, Wisconsin
--Laura R. Olson
Part III: Religion in the Public Square
7 Religious Interests and the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday in Greenville, South Carolina
--James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, Joshua Copeland, & Christine Rowland
8 Salt Lake City's Main Street Plaza Controversy
--J. Quin Monson & Kara L. Norman
Part IV: Race Relations
9 From Riots to Reconciliation: The Religious Interests Involved in Healing Cincinnati after Racial Unrest
--Anand Edward Sokhey
10 Unity in the Face of the Faceless: Clergy Opposition to the Ku Klux Klan in Northwest Arkansas
--Franklyn C. Niles
Conclusion
11 A Meditation on and Meta-analysis of the Public Presence of Religious Interests
--Paul A. Djupe & Laura R. Olson
Notes
References
About the Contributors
Index
