Preface 1 A Secular Society? 1 The Puzzle of Religious Vitality 4 The Persistence of Religion 8 Stability or Change? 13 Possible Explanations 16 Why the United States? 18 2 Religion in the American Context 23 Understanding Religion 24 Patterns of Religious Affiliation 26 Basic P…
"I look forward to each new edition of this text. I have long recommended it to undergraduate and graduate students and to colleagues who want to better understand the relationship between religion and politics in the United States. Now a classic has gotten even better, with exp…
Religion and Politics in the United States, Sixth Edition, offers a comprehensive account of the role of religious ideas, institutions and communities in American life. This book examines the ways religion can both compel and constrain involvement in politics and policy. What fa…
This sixth edition offers a comprehensive account of the role of religious ideas, institutions, and communities in American life. It contains expanded coverage of religion and gender politics and the politics of sexual diversity. Through a detailed review of the political attitu…
This sixth edition offers a comprehensive account of the role of religious ideas, institutions, and communities in American life. It contains expanded coverage of religion and gender politics and the politics of sexual diversity. Through a detailed review of the political attitu…
This sixth edition offers a comprehensive account of the role of religious ideas, institutions, and communities in American life. It contains expanded coverage of religion and gender politics and the politics of sexual diversity. Through a detailed review of the political attitu…
Religion and Politics in the United States has been fully updated with material from current scholarship to cover recent American politics and elections. Using an evidenced-based, social-scientific approach to religion this text shows how religion plays a fascinating and crucial…
Religion and Politics in the United States has been fully updated with material from current scholarship to cover recent American politics and elections. Using an evidenced-based, social-scientific approach to religion this text shows how religion plays a fascinating and crucial…
