Religion and American Politics From the Colonial Period to the Present

by Noll, Mark A.; Harlow, Luke E.

• ISBN13: 9780195317152
• ISBN10: 0195317157
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

During a Republican primary debate leading up to his 2000 nomination, George W. Bush famously identified Jesus Christ as his favorite philosopher. His ability to speak to the concerns of a politically active religious base earned him a massive portion of evangelical votes and signaled the continued prominence of religion in American political discourse.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
A Protestant Era: Colonial Era to the Civil War
Religion and Politics in America from the First Settlements to the Civil War	p. 23
Religion and Ideological Change in the American Revolution	p. 47
Rhetoric and Reality in the Early Republic: The Case of the Federalist Clergy	p. 65
Religion, Government, and Power in the New American Nation	p. 79
The Democratization of Christianity and the Character of American Politics	p. 93
Religion and Politics in the Antebellum North	p. 121
Ethnoreligious Political Behavior in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Voting, Values, Cultures	p. 145
Methodists, Politics, and the Coming of the American Civil War	p. 169
New Configurations
Slavery, Race, and Political Ideology in the White Christian South Before and After the Civil War	p. 203
Protestant Theological Tensions and Political Styles in the Progressive Period	p. 225
Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1900-1960: Altered Circumstances, Continuing Patterns	p. 247
Tumults and Relignments since World War II
Faith Transformed: Religion and American Politics from FDR to George W. Bush	p. 269
Evangelicalism Becomes Southern, Politics Becomes Evangelical: From FDR to Ronald Reagan	p. 297
Viewed in Black and White: Conservative Protestantism, Racial Issues, and Oppositional Politics	p. 327
Roman Catholics and American Politics, 1960-2004	p. 345
Women, Politics, and Religion	p. 367
Reflections
Contemporary Views from Abroad	p. 385
Why It Is Difficult for European Observers to Understand the Relationship between American Politics and Religion in the Twenty-First Century	p. 386
American Civil Religion and George W. Bush	p. 393
Crusade for Freedom, Exportation of the American Model, and George W. Bush's Second Inaugural Address	p. 400
For God's Sake? American Religion and Politics Viewed from Denmark	p. 406
Australian Perspectives on American Religion and Politics in the Bush Era	p. 414
Canadian Counterpoint	p. 423
Quid Obscurum: The Changing Terrain of Church-State Relations	p. 441
Religion, Politics, and the Search for an American Consensus	p. 459
Index	p. 471
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