On Guard for Religious Liberty: Six Decades of the Baptist John Committee
by James L. Guth, William R Kenan Chair and Professor of Political Science James L Guth, John C. Green, Corwin E. Smidt, Lyman A. Kellstedt, Margaret M. Poloma
Category: Political Science

Drawing on two decades of survey research involving thousands of ministers nationwide, five social scientists explore the political lives of clergy in eight evangelical and mainline Protestant denominations, including the Assemblies of God, Southern Baptist Convention, United Methodist Church, and Presbyterian Church. They find that the competing theological perspectives of orthodoxy and modernism are increasingly tied to ideological and partisan divisions in American politics, and help illuminate the current relationship between church and state in America. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR