Description
Book SynopsisFaithful Republic is a collection of original essays that explores the relationship between religion and politics in the United States since the early twentieth century. Rather than focusing on the traditional question of the separation between church and state, this volume touches on many aspects of American political history.
Trade Review"
Faithful Republic is a magnificent collection, one that showcases the impressive scholarship of a new generation of American historians working at the intersection of religion and politics. Diverse in their topics but uniformly strong in their treatment, these essays represent the cutting edge of an important field." * Kevin M. Kruse, author of
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America *
"The essays collected here are outstanding and bring to light some of the best scholarship on a topic in which new work is rapidly emerging and fundamentally changing. The research is excellent-the book is full of archival finds from all over the country-and the analyses are stimulating, often sparkling." * Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
—Andrew Preston, Bruce Schulman, and Julian E. Zelizer
Chapter 1. "Against the Foes That Destroy the Family, Protestants and Catholics Can Stand Together": Divorce and Christian Ecumenism
—David Mislin
Chapter 2. American Jewish Politics Is Urban Politics
—Lila Corwin Berman
Chapter 3. Fighting for the Fundamentals: Lyman Stewart and the Protestant Politics of Oil
—Darren Dochuk
Chapter 4. A "Divine Revelation"? Southern Churches Respond to the New Deal
—Alison Collis Greene
Chapter 5. The Rise of Spiritual Cosmopolitanism: Liberal Protestants and Cultural Politics
—Matthew S. Hedstrom
Chapter 6. "A Third Force": The Civil Rights Ministry of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
—Edward J. Blum
Chapter 7. The Theological Origins of the Christian Right
—Molly Worthen
Chapter 8. More than Megachurches: Liberal Religion and Politics in the Suburbs
—Lily Geismer
Chapter 9. Knute Gingrich, All American? White Evangelicals, U.S. Catholics, and the Religious Genealogy of Political Realignment
—Bethany Moreton
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
