Religion, politics, and the American experience
Subtitle: reflections on religion and American public life
By: edited by Edith L. Blumhofer ; introduction by Martin E. Marty.
Contributors: Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel.
Series: Religion and American culture; Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Publisher: University of Alabama Press; University Alabama Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Christianity and politics -- United States.; Evangelicalism -- United States.
Description: "Chief among the essay topics are the evangelical roots of American political life; early conflicts between Enlightenment thinking and spiritual impulses in developing a national identity; the practical problems that today's politicians face in campaigning; the impact of constitutional and legal language regarding our definitions of religion; and the way the media's treatment of our spiritual life frames our perceptions of it.

These thought-provoking essays will inspire readers to rethink, argue, perhaps act, but most important, to converse about this timely and important issue." "The volume will have wide cross-disciplinary appeal. Students and scholars of history, religious studies, and political science will find great value within its pages, as will scholars of divinity and law and members of the general public concerned with the intersection of faith and politics in American life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142) and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion and American democracy / Jean Bethke Elshtain; title: Toward a contextual appreciation of religion and politics / Laura R. Olson; title: "A page of history is worth a volume of logic" : charting the legal pilgrimage of public religion / John Witte, Jr.; title: Politicians, religion, and civil discourse / Paul Simon; title: Religion, politics, and the media / Stewart M. Hoover; title: Public religion and voluntary associations / Edward L. Queen II; title: Evangelicals past and present / Mark Noll; title: Public theology in service to a national conversation / Michael J. Himes.