Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Religion and Political Culture in America: From the Historical Legacy to the Present Day -- The Puritan Temper -- Religious Freedom and Pluralism -- The Evangelical Dimension -- The Popu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Edition: | 6th ed |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Hertzke, Allen D: Religion and Politics in America : Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices. - Milton : Routledge,c2018. - 9780813350578 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Religion and Political Culture in America: From the Historical Legacy to the Present Day -- The Puritan Temper -- Religious Freedom and Pluralism -- The Evangelical Dimension -- The Populist Dimension -- Spiritual and Religious Individualism -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 2 Theories of Religion, Culture, and American Politics -- Civil Religion -- The Unconventional-Partners Thesis -- Culture Wars -- The Secularization Thesis -- Populism -- The Religious-Marketplace Thesis -- The Culture-Shift Thesis -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 3 Christianity and Its Major Branches -- The Status of Religion in the United States -- Evangelical Protestantism -- Mainline Protestantism -- Roman Catholicism -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 4 Judaism, Islam, and Other Expressions of Religious Pluralism -- Jews and Judaism -- Muslims and Islam -- The LDS Church: A Uniquely American Christian Faith -- Separatist Religions -- Other Small Religions -- Secular and Other Disaffiliated Americans -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 5 Latino and African-American Religion and Politics -- The Changing Status of Latino Religion -- Latinos in Public Life -- African-American Religion and Politics: Toward a Broader View -- History and Black Political Attitudes -- Connections between Black Religion and Politics -- Islam in the African-American Community -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 6 Gender, Sexual Orientation, Religion, and Politics -- Gender and Religion in American Life -- Women's Diverging Perspectives on Religion and Politics -- The Politics of Women in the Pews The Politics of Women Clergy -- Religion, Politics, Sexual Orientation, and LGBT People -- The LGBT Rights Movement and American Religion: Conflict or Cooperation? -- LGBT Americans within Organized Religion -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 7 Voting and Religion in American Politics -- A Historical Review -- Roman Catholics: A Demographic Transformation -- White Evangelical Protestants: Pietist Support for the GOP -- Mormons: Conservative but Distinct -- Mainline Protestants: The New Swing Voters? -- Jews, Liberalism, and Democratic Loyalty -- African-American Protestants: Loyal Democrats with a Traditionalist Twist -- Latinos: A Diverse and Growing Constituency -- Muslims and Other Religious Minorities: Growing Democratic Constituencies -- The Secular Vote: A Growing Democratic Stronghold -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 8 The Politics of Organized Religious Groups -- The Evolution of National Religious Lobbying -- The Explosion of Religious Advocacy -- A Wide-Ranging Issue Agenda -- A Model of Religious Group Effectiveness -- Strategies for Effective Advocacy -- The Cyber Revolution -- Coalition Building in the Legislative Process -- The Globalization of Religious Advocacy -- Do Religious Groups Play a Distinctive Role in American Democracy? -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 9 Religion and Political and Cultural Elites -- Religion and the Presidency -- Religion and Congress -- Religion and Other Political Elites -- Religion and Cultural Elites -- Clergy and Other Religious Elites -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 10 Religion, Civil Society, and Political Culture -- The Tension between Religion and Political Culture -- Political Culture as a Context for Religious Participation Religion, Civil Society, and Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 11 The Politics of Religion in the Legal System -- Judicial Politics -- Key Players -- Factors for Success -- Church and State: How Should They Relate? -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 12 Church and State in the Courts -- The Roots of Religious Free Exercise -- The Limits of Free Exercise -- The Politics of Religious Establishment -- Equal Access: A Hybrid Approach to Church and State -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading -- Notes -- 13 Big Themes and Normative Concerns in Religion and Politics -- Secular versus Religious Debates -- Debates between Religionists -- Religious Engagement in an Age of Polarization -- Responding to Polarization -- Index |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (401 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-429-94736-0 |
