One state under God : a history of religion in Texas / Joseph L. Locke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Locke, Joseph L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Texas--History.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--History.

Religion and politics--Texas--History.

Religion and politics.

Church and state--Texas--History.

Church and state.

Religious pluralism--Texas--History.

Religious pluralism.

Religion and culture--Texas--History.

Religion and culture.

Protestant churches--Texas--History.

Protestant churches.

Texas--Church history.

Texas.

Texas--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2026.

Summary:

"One State Under God is the first broad, synthetic history of religion in Texas, a critical narrative that weaves together the many strands of religion in the state. This story begins with prehistoric Texans, and moves on to tell the intertwined religious histories of Comanche warriors, Spanish invaders, irreligious Anglo colonists, slaves, slaveholders, freethinking frontiersmen, prohibitionists, agrarian insurgents, Latino farmworkers, and Muslim immigrants, as well as the equally colorful and attention-grabbing fundamentalists and religious politicians that the state has become known for. Religion dominates the landscape (literally, in the form of giant crosses) of Texas, shapes culture, and determines state politics. While recent history gives the impression that Texas was naturally and inevitably a religious state, Locke argues that it was not always so, from the struggles of isolated Catholic parishes in New Spain, to the prohibition of Protestant churches, to the popularity of free thought amongst newly arrived immigrants"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Indigenous faiths and Catholic frustrations

A religious vacuum

Secular revolution, religious conquest

The God of the enslaved and the God of the enslavers

The gods of war

Morality and modernity

The fundamentalist insurgency

The most segregated hour

The partisan God

Amid mosques and megachurches

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Locke, Joseph L. One state under God

ISBN:

9781477334201

1477334203

OCLC:

1547894910