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Religion, politics, and American identity : new directions, new controversies / edited by David S. Gutterman and Andrew R. Murphy ; contributors Louis Bolce [and twelve others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics--United States.
- Religion and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scholarship on the role of religion in American public life has taken on a new urgency in the increasingly contentious wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001. This volume brings together an impressive group of scholars to build on past work and broaden the scope of this crucial inquiry in two respects: by exploring aspects of the religion-politics nexus in the United States that have been neglected in the past, and by examining traditional questions concerning the religious tincture of American political discourse in provocative new ways.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction Research on American Religion and Politics: A Survey of the Field Laura R. Olson; II. A Christian Nation? Religion and American Politics in the Wake of September 11; 1 Discourse Bless America: Rebuilding the National Mythos after September Melissa M. Wilcox; 2 The Enduring Power of the American Jeremiad Andrew R. Murphy and Jennifer Miller; 3 Stories of Sinfulness: Narrative Identity in America David S. Gutterman; III. Beyond Church and State: The Many Faces of American Religion and Politics
- 4 The Divisiveness Rationale and Negative Reference Group Associations in Church-State Controversies Louis Boice and Gerald De Maio5 Religion on Main Street: Toward a New Politics of the Sacred and Secular Mark Button; 6 Latino Spirituality and U.S. Politics: A Communitarianism That Crosses Borders John Francis Burke; 7 Religion in the Workplace and the Problem of the First Amendment Samuel P. Nelson; 8 Greening the Divine: Religion, the Environment, and Politics in Twenty-First Century North America Joe Bowersox
- 9 Religion, Race, and Rhetoric: The Black Church, Religious Interest Groups, and Charitable Choice Larycia A. Hawkins10 Inside, Out, and In-Between: Sexual Minorities, the Christian Right, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Jyl J. Josephson and Cynthia Burack; IV. Conclusion Religion, Politics, and American Identity After September 11: Reflections on Recent Scholarship Eldon J. Eisenach; Index; Notes on Contributors
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-34773-6
- 0-7391-2760-8
- 0-7391-6017-6
- OCLC:
- 862820877
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