Religion and American Politics
Subtitle: From the Colonial Period to the Present
Contributors: Mark A. Noll (Editor); Luke E. Harlow (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: August 8, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780195317145
Subjects: General; Religion, Politics & State; Religion / Church & State; Religion; Politics / Current Events; Christianity and politics; Church history; History; United States
Description: These essays examine how religious beliefs and practices have shaped political thought and behaviour (and vice versa), and how in certain periods religious and political thought has coincided or moved in opposition, and how minority perspectives have challenged majority views.