Religion and American politics : from the colonial period to the present Introduction Mark A. Noll A Protestant Era: Colonial Era to the Civil War: 1. Religion and politics in America from the first settlements to the Civil War John M. Murrin 2. Religion and ideological change in the American Revolution Ruth H. Bloch 3. Rhetoric and reality in the early republic : the case of the Federalist clergy Harry S. Stout 4. Religion government and power in the new American nation John F. Wilson 5. The democratization of Christianity and the character of American politics Nathan O. Hatch 6. Religion and politics in the antebellum North Daniel Walker Howe 7. Ethnoreligious political behavior in the mid nineteenth century : voting values cultures Robert P. Swierenga 8. Methodists politics and the coming of the American Civil War Richard Cawardine New Configurations: 9. Slavery race and political ideology in the white Christian South before and after the Civil War Luke E. Harlow 10. Protestant theological tensions and political styles in the progressive period Robert T. Handy 11. Roman Catholics and American politics 1900 1960 : altered circumstances continuing patterns James Hennesey Tumults and Realignments since World War II: 12. Faith transformed: religion and American politics from FDR to George W. Bush Lyman Kellstedt John Green Corwin Smidt and James Guh 13. Evangelicalism becomes Southern politics becomes evangelical: from FDR to Ronald Reagan Darren Dochuk 14. Viewed in black and white: conservative Protestantism racial issues and oppositional politics Michael O. Emerson and J. Russell Hawkins 15. Roman Catholics and American politics 1960 2004 Peter Steinfels 16. Women politics and religion Margaret Bendroth Reflections: 17. Contemporary views from abroad: A. Why it is difficult for European observers to understand the relationship between American politics and religion in the twenty first century Manfred Siebald B. American civil religion and George W. Bush Sébastien Fath C. Crusade for freedom exportation of the American model and George W. Bushs second inaugural address Massimo Rubboli D. For Gods sake: American religion and politics viewed from Denmark Bente Clausen E. Australian perspectives on American religion and politics in the Bush era Mark Hutchinson 18. Canadian counterpoint Mark A. Noll 19. Quid obscurum : the changing terrain of church state relations Robert Wuthnow 20. Religion politics and the search for an American consensus George M. Marsden