Religion and politics in the United States, Kenneth D. Wald

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Religion and politics in the United States, Kenneth D. Wald

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Kenneth D. Wald

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• Religion and politics in the United States

Publication

• Washington, D.C., CQ Press, ©1997

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-388) and index

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Contents

• A secular society? The puzzle of religious vitality -- Possible explanations -- Why the United States? -- Religion and politics : points of contact. Incentives : the causes of religious intervention in politics -- Opportunity : how government structure encourages political action by churches -- Religion as a political resource -- Limits on religious influence in politics -- Religion and American political culture. The Puritan imprint on colonial thought -- Covenant theology and the right to revolt -- Puritanism and democracy : a qualification -- "Total depravity" : and institutional restraint -- One nation under God : a civil religion -- Civil religion as a double-edged sword -- One of many influences -- Religion and the state. The genesis of church-state conflict -- Principles of church-state relations -- The founders and religion -- How far can government go? -- The wall of separation grows higher -- Religious expression in the public schools -- Making sense of the establishment clause -- Extending free-exercise claims -- A free-exercise standard -- The politics of church-state relations -- Assaults on the new order : loosening the establishment clause -- The fall and rise of free exercise -- Can we do better? --
• Religion and American public policy. Interest group activities -- Organizing for political action -- The question of representation -- Paths of influence -- The judiciary -- The president's religion -- Religious values and government activities -- Limitations on religious influence -- Religious activism in politics : costs and benefits -- The religious dimension of American political behavior. Patterns of religious affiliation -- Political identity -- Political issues -- The "social issue" -- The "culture war" thesis -- Religious differences and social standing --Religion and political values -- Religion and group interests -- The role of social integration -- The political mobilization of evangelical Protestants. The political background -- Roots of the "New Christian Right" -- Building a national movement -- Evangelical political action in the 1980s -- The next generation -- Theories of evangelical mobilization -- The New Christian Right as a mass movement -- A fractious family -- The electoral dimension of the NCR -- A Republican dilemma? -- The consequences for public policy --
• Continuity and change outside the evangelical camp. Catholicism : the conservative political heritage -- The transformation of Catholic attitudes -- Abortion : the Catholic response -- Abortion : a Catholic issue? -- The political traditions of mainline Protestants -- Mainline activism : sources and reactions -- Retrenchment -- African American Protestants : the perpetuation of liberalism -- The infrastructure of African American politics -- Jews and U.S. political trends -- Religion and American political life. The case against religious influence in politics -- Assessing the evidence -- The case for religion in politics
• Continuity and change outside the evangelical camp. Catholicism : the conservative political heritage -- The transformtion of Catholic attitudes -- Abortion : the Catholic response -- Abortion : a Catholic issue? -- The political traditions of mainline Protestants -- Mainline activism : sources and reactions -- Retrenchment -- African American Protestants : the perpetuation of liberalism -- The infrastructure of African American politics -- Jews and U.S. political trends -- Religion and American political life. The case against religious influence in politics -- Assessing the evidence -- The case for religion in politics

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35262459

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23 cm

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3rd ed.

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xv, 400 pages

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9781568021577

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96038169

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