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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S. / Edition 1
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- 0470657332
- ISBN-13:
- 9780470657331
- Pub. Date:
- 05/31/2016
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- Wiley
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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S. / Edition 1
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- Broadens the parameters of this timely subject, and includes the latest work in the field
- Draws together newly-commissioned essays by distinguished authors that are cogent for scholars, while also being in a style that is accessible to students.
- Provides a balanced and inclusive approach to religion and politics in the U.S.
- Engages diverse perspectives from various discourses about religion and politics across the political and disciplinary spectra, while placing them in their larger historical context
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ISBN-13: | 9780470657331 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 05/31/2016 |
Series: | Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion , #65 |
Pages: | 616 |
Product dimensions: | 7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.70(d) |
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Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors xiPreface xv
Acknowledgments xviii
Part I Foundations and the Founding 1
Introduction to Part I 3
1 Original Nations of “Great Turtle Island” and the Genesis of the United States 5Steven T. Newcomb
2 The Intellectual Foundation and Political Construction of American Religious Pluralism 18John R. Pottenger
3 Religion and the Foundations of Slavery in America 33Paul Finkelman
4 Roger Williams, Native Peoples, and “Soul Liberty” 42Bruce E. Johansen
5 Were Any of the Founders Deists? 51Mark David Hall
6 The Heterodox Republic Part I: The Religion of Nature 64Matthew Stewart
7 The Heterodox Republic Part II: The Two Voices of Liberalism 72Matthew Stewart
8 How the Founders Agreed about Religious Freedom but Disagreed about the Separation of Church and State 85Vincent Phillip Muñoz and Kevin Vance
9 Religion and the Earliest Supreme Court Justices, 1789–1811 98Eric Michael Mazur
PART II Challenges to an Assumed Homogeneity: The Nineteenth Century 109
Introduction to Part II 111
10 Millennial Groups and American Pluralism 113John R. Pottenger
11 Religion and the Nineteenth-Century Supreme Court, 1811–78 126Eric Michael Mazur
12 Native Americans, Christian Missionaries, and the Politics of the Forced School Movement 139Barbara Alice Mann
13 Preserving the Protestant Nation: Religion and the Socio-Political Dimensions of Immigration until 1920 149Rhys H. Williams
14 New Religions and New Politics in Nineteenth-Century America 160Dan McKanan
15 Religion and the Politics of the Women’s Movement in Nineteenth-Century America 173Jacqueline R. deVries
16 Religion and Slavery in Antebellum America 187Paul Finkelman
17 The Peak of American Political Religion: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address 200Michael P. Zuckert
18 Completing the Constitution: Religion, Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment 213Derek H. Davis
19 Preserving Morality in an Urban Nation: Christian Reform Movements in the Progressive Era 225Seth Dowland
PART III Political Religion Rising, Retrenching, Resurging: The Twentieth Century 237
Introduction to Part III 239
20 Religion and Political Thought in the Twentieth Century 241Bryan T. McGraw
21 The Religious Left Tradition in Twentieth-Century America: Continuity and Disruption 251Doug Rossinow
22 The Religious Right in the Twentieth Century 264Michael Lienesch
23 Religion and Immigration Post-1965: Race, Culture Wars, and National Identity 278Rhys H. Williams
24 Ending the Ban on Indigenous Spiritualities 291Barbara Alice Mann
25 The Black Church and Political Activism in Twentieth-Century America 305Anthony B. Pinn
26 New Religious Movements and Politics in the Twentieth Century 317Timothy Miller
27 Women, Politics, and Religion in the Twentieth Century 327Margaret Bendroth
28 Themes in the US Supreme Court’s Treatment of Religion in the Twentieth Century 339Derek H. Davis
29 Religion and the Rise of Environmental Politics in the Twentieth Century 350Bron Taylor and Lucas F. Johnston
30 Religion and Realism: US Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century 369Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Nicholas Drummon
PART IV T wenty-First Century Trends and Special Topics 383
Introduction to Part IV 385
31 The Politics of Moral Values 387Jo Renee Formicola
32 The Religion Clauses in the Twenty-First Century: The Supreme Court Loosens Its Grip 401Rebecca D. Gill and Ted G. Jelen
33 Trending: Developments in Twenty-First-Century African-American Religion and Politics 416Lerone A. Martin
34 Contemporary Ethno-Religious Groups and Political Activism in the United States 428Prema Ann Kurien
35 Religious Influences on Catholic and Jewish Supreme Court Justices: Converging History, Diverging Paths 442Kenneth D. Wald
36 Trends in Religion and Environmental Politics into the Twenty-First Century 454Lucas F. Johnston and Bron Taylor
37 Engaging Religion in US Foreign Affairs 470Michael Kessler
38 America’s Missions: Religion and Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century 485Rebecca A. Glazier
39 Religion, State, and Democracy: The United States in Comparative Perspective 500Michael D. Driessen
40 Religious Pluralism at the Crossroads 514Barbara A. McGraw
Index 532
What People are Saying About This
On a topic that tends to attract more heat than light, this remarkably expansive volume, which encompasses everything from Native American traditions to twenty-first-century developments, brings clarity and a diversity of perspectives to this important matter.Randall Balmer, Ethics Institute at Dartmouth
This work offers a timely addition to the Wiley Blackwell Companion volumes on religion. Forty concise and crisply written essays, crafted by established scholars in the field, tender a fresh look at traditional topics such as the relation of church and state. But they also range far more widely, examining the role that religion has played in every aspect of American political life. We see the vibrant and often contentious interplay of impulses toward “holy order” and “sacred liberty” from the beginning to the present. The book provides a rich resource for students, general readers, and specialists in the field.Grant Wacker, Duke Divinity SchoolWith contributions from established figures as well as emerging scholars in the field, the Companion to Religion and Politics in the US will quickly become an indispensable reference work for those probing the complex pasts, presents, and futures of religion and American politics. Chapters take up a wide array of historical, conceptual, political, and legal concerns, and explore the dynamics of religion and politics including, but by no means limited to, the contested relationship between church and state.Andrew R. Murphy, Rutgers University