| Contents |
The Puzzle of Religious Vitality -- The Persistence of Religion -- Stability or Change? -- Possible Explanations -- Why the United States? -- Understanding Religion -- Patterns of Religious Affiliation -- Basic Political Tendencies -- Conclusion -- 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 -- The Genesis of Church-State Conflict -- Overview of Church-State Relations -- How Far Can Government Go? -- The Judicial Record -- The Separationist Era (1940's-1970's) -- The Accomodationist Era -- The Politics of Church-State Relations -- The Constitutional Revolution in Perspective -- The Cutting Edge -- Studying Religious Interests -- Establishing Motive -- Establishing Means -- Conclusion -- Religious Cultural Environment -- Institutional Contexts -- Partisan Political Alignments -- Influential Allies -- Policy Domain -- Conclusion -- Economic Liberalism -- Moral-Cultural Issues -- Social Justice -- Foreign Policy -- What Culture War? -- The Political Background -- Roots of the "New Christian Right" -- Building a National Movement -- Evangelical Political Action -- Organizational Transformation: The Second Generation -- Theories of Evangelical Mobilization -- The Impact of the Christian Right -- The Consequences for Public Policy -- Good Times? The Christian Right and the Bush Administration -- Assessing the Christian Right -- Strategic Realities -- Conclusion -- Catholicism: Conflicting Political Impulses -- The Conservative Political Heritage -- The Transformation of Catholic Attitudes -- Abortion: The Catholic Response -- Is Abortion a Catholic Issue? -- The Political Traditions of Mainline Protestants -- Mainline Activism: Sources and Reactions -- American Jews -- African American Protestants -- Latino Catholics and Protestants -- Muslim Americans -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- Other Faith Traditions -- Conclusion -- Women, Religion, and Politics -- Homosexuals -- Religion and Homosexuality -- Conclusion -- The Case against Religious Influence in Politics -- Assessing the Evidence -- The Case for Religion in Politics -- Religion in Public Conversation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-462) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013047667 |
| ISBN | 9781442225534 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 144222553X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781442225541 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1442225548 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# |
40023526167 |
