"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these …
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "True Faith and Allegiance"--Religion and the FBI -- 1. American Religion and the Rise of Internal Security: A Prologue -- 2. "If God be for you, who can be against you?" Persecution and Vindication o…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these r…
"This book is the first to examine the fraught relationship between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a variety of religious groups that have developed in the United States in the century of the FBI's existence. Encompassing religious communities that run the gamut from es…
Introduction "true faith and allegiance" : religion and the FBI / Sylvester A. Johnson and Steven Weitzman -- American religion and the rise of internal security : a prologue / Kathryn Gin Lum and Lerone Martin -- "If God be for you, who can be against you?" : persecution and vi…