Religion and politics in America
Subtitle: faith, culture, and strategic choices
By: Robert Booth Fowler ... [et al.].
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780813344362
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Religion and political culture in America : the historical legacy; title: The Puritan temper; title: Religious freedom and pluralism; title: The Evangelical dimension; title: The populist dimension; title: Christianity and its major branches; title: The status of religion in the United Sates; title: The major Christian traditions and politics; title: Judaism, Islam, and other expressions of religious pluralism; title: Major non-Christian religions; title: Separatist religions; title: Other small religions; title: A comparative case study : Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses; title: Political assessments; title: Voting and religion in American politics; title: A historical review; title: The postindustrial era; title: The politics of organized religious groups; title: The evolution of national religious lobbies; title: Strategies for effective advocacy; title: The legislative process, compromise, and coalition building; title: A model of religious group effectiveness; title: Progressive Protestant groups; title: Roman Catholic groups; title: Jewish groups; title: Evangelical Protestant groups; title: Muslim groups; title: The politics of religious minorities; title: The globalization of religious advocacy; title: Religious advocacy at the statehouse; title: Local-level advocacy; title: Do religious groups play a distinctive role in American democracy?; title: Religion and political and cultural elites; title: Religion and the presidency; title: Religion and Congress; title: Religion and other political elites; title: Religion and cultural elites; title: Religion, civil society, and political culture; title: The tension between religion and political culture; title: Political culture as a context for religious participation; title: Religion, civil society, and good citizenship; title: Religious politics and the legal system; title: Judicial politics; title: Key players; title: Factors for success; title: The politics of church and state; title: Church and state in the courts; title: Religious free exercise; title: The limits of free exercise; title: The politics of religious establishment; title: Equal access : an alternative approach to church and state; title: Latino and African American religion and politics; title: The changing status of Latino religion; title: Latinos in public life; title: African American religion and politics : toward a broader view; title: History and Black political attitudes; title: Connections between religion and politics; title: Islam in the African American community; title: Gender, religion, and politics; title: Gender and religion in American life; title: Religious women's diverging perspectives on American politics; title: The politics of women in the pews; title: The politics of women clergy; title: Theories of religion, culture, and American politics; title: Culture wars; title: The secularization thesis; title: The culture shift thesis; title: Civil religion; title: The unconventional partners thesis; title: Populism; title: The market thesis, religious pluralism, and politics; title: Toward the future.