Religion and Politics in America

Name: Religion and Politics in America
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138596153
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Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices

By Robert Booth Fowler and Allen D. Hertzke and Laura R. Olson and Kevin R. den Dulk

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Religion and Politics in America offers a nuanced, accessible examination of the complex relationship between religion and American politics. The book traces the historical, cultural, and legal contexts of religious political involvement, highlighting the experiences of diverse religious groups including Roman Catholics, evangelicals, African Americans, Latinos, Jews, Muslims, and others. The sixth edition reflects recent political developments through the 2016 election, explores intersections with gender, race, ethnicity, class, and social media influence, and includes discussion questions to deepen understanding.
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This book is ideal for students and scholars of American politics, religion, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in understanding how faith communities influence and interact with political processes in the United States.

Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship in American politics remains complex and often confusing. This book offers an engaging, accessible, balanced treatment of this topic, exploring the contexts that motivate religious political engagement and assessing the political realities that religious organizations and people face.

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Religion and Politics in America offers an engaging, accessible, and balanced treatment of religion in American politics. Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship remains complex and often confusing. This book explores the historical, cultural, and legal contexts that motivate religious political engagement and assesses the pragmatic and strategic political realities that religious organisations and people face.

Incorporating the best and most current scholarship, the authors examine the evolving politics of Roman Catholics; evangelical and mainline Protestants; African-American and Latino traditions; Jews, Muslims, and other religious minorities; recent immigrants and religious "nones"; and other conventional and not-so-conventional American religious movements.

New to the Sixth Edition:

• Covers the 2016 election and assesses the role of religion from Obama to Trump.

• Expands substantially on religion’s relationship to gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class, and features the role of social media in religious mobilisation.

• Adds discussion questions at the end of every chapter, to help students gain deeper understanding of the subject.

• Adds a new concluding chapter on the normative issues raised by religious political engagement, to stimulate lively discussions.

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Praise for the Sixth Edition: This edition has been lauded for its expanded coverage of religion in the Trump era and its insightful analysis of religion and intersectionality. Elizabeth A. Oldmixon from University of North Texas commends the book's engaging features that enhance student learning, while James D. Ward of Rutgers University-Newark highlights its in-depth treatment of the interplay between religion, culture, and public policy, particularly regarding race, gender, and sexual orientation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138596153

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 July 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 6th edition

Illustration: 24 Tables, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 444g

Pages: 378

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Allen D. Hertzke Education & Reference Kevin R. den Dulk Laura R. Olson Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Religion & Spirituality Robert Booth Fowler

About the Author

Allen D. Hertzke is David Ross Boyd Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He is author or editor of several books on religion and politics, most recently Religious Freedom in America and Christianity and Freedom, vols. I and II. Laura R. Olson is Centennial Professor in the Department of Political Science at Clemson University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Kevin R. den Dulk is the Paul B. Henry Chair in Political Science and Director of the Henry Institute at Calvin College. He is the coauthor of The Disappearing God Gap? Religion in the 2008 Election and Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility. Robert Booth Fowler is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His published books include Enduring Liberalism: American Political Thought since the 1960s, The Dance with Community: The Contemporary Debate in American Political Thought, and Unconventional Partners: Religion and American Liberal Culture.