Religious ideology in American politics
Subtitle: a history
By: Nicole Guétin.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780786441938
Subjects: Religion and politics -- United States -- History; Ideology -- Religious aspects -- History; Ideology -- United States -- History; United States -- Religion
Description: "By looking at writings of American thinkers, the work argues for the consistency and permanence of the American religious vision. Manifest Destiny, America as "God's Country" and Americans as "God's People" are explored, as is how these ideals of American exceptionalism and the "City on the Hill" have survived and mutated into the current U.S. political climate."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Puritan heritage; title: Religious motivations in the American Revolution; title: The emergence of a collective consciousness; title: American expansionism and destiny; title: America: a God-centered nation; title: American exceptionalism; title: The Monroe Doctrine; title: Racism and the ethnocentric debate; title: Civil religion and American messianism; title: Evangelism and millenarianism.