{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-religion-and-politics-in-the-u-s-isbn-9780470657331","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S.","description":"The \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S.\u003c\/i\u003e provides a broad, inclusive, and rich range of chapters, in the study of religion and politics. Arranged in their historical context, chapters address themes of history, law, social and religious movements, policy and political theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBroadens the parameters of this timely subject, and includes the latest work in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws together newly-commissioned essays by distinguished authors that are cogent for scholars, while also being in a style that is accessible to students.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a balanced and inclusive approach to religion and politics in the U.S.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages diverse perspectives from various discourses about religion and politics across the political and disciplinary spectra, while placing them in their larger historical context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Foundations and the Founding 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Original Nations of “Great Turtle Island” and the Genesis of the United States 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven T. Newcomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Intellectual Foundation and Political Construction of American Religious Pluralism 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Pottenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Religion and the Foundations of Slavery in America 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Finkelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Roger Williams, Native Peoples, and “Soul Liberty” 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce E. Johansen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Were Any of the Founders Deists? 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark David Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Heterodox Republic Part I: The Religion of Nature 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Heterodox Republic Part II: The Two Voices of Liberalism 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 How the Founders Agreed about Religious Freedom but Disagreed about the Separation of Church and State 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVincent Phillip Muñoz and Kevin Vance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Religion and the Earliest Supreme Court Justices, 1789–1811 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Michael Mazur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Challenges to an Assumed Homogeneity: The Nineteenth Century 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Millennial Groups and American Pluralism 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Pottenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Religion and the Nineteenth]Century Supreme Court, 1811–78 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Michael Mazur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Native Americans, Christian Missionaries, and the Politics of the Forced School Movement 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Alice Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Preserving the Protestant Nation: Religion and the Socio]Political Dimensions of Immigration until 1920 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhys H. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 New Religions and New Politics in Nineteenth]Century America 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan McKanan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Religion and the Politics of the Women’s Movement in Nineteenth]Century America 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacqueline R. deVries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Religion and Slavery in Antebellum America 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Finkelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Peak of American Political Religion: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael P. Zuckert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Completing the Constitution: Religion, Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek H. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Preserving Morality in an Urban Nation: Christian Reform Movements in the Progressive Era 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeth Dowland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Political Religion Rising, Retrenching, Resurging: The Twentieth Century 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Religion and Political Thought in the Twentieth Century 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan T. McGraw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Religious Left Tradition in Twentieth]Century America: Continuity and Disruption 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoug Rossinow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Religious Right in the Twentieth Century 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Lienesch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Religion and Immigration Post]1965: Race, Culture Wars, and National Identity 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhys H. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Ending the Ban on Indigenous Spiritualities 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Alice Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Black Church and Political Activism in Twentieth]Century America 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony B. Pinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 New Religious Movements and Politics in the Twentieth Century 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Women, Politics, and Religion in the Twentieth Century 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Bendroth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Themes in the US Supreme Court’s Treatment of Religion in the Twentieth Century 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek H. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Religion and the Rise of Environmental Politics in the Twentieth Century 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBron Taylor and Lucas F. Johnston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Religion and Realism: US Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth A. Oldmixon and Nicholas Drummon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV T wenty-First Century Trends and Special Topics 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IV 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Politics of Moral Values 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJo Renee Formicola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Religion Clauses in the Twenty-First Century: The Supreme Court Loosens Its Grip 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca D. Gill and Ted G. Jelen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Trending: Developments in Twenty-First-Century African-American Religion and Politics 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLerone A. Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Contemporary Ethno]Religious Groups and Political Activism in the United States 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrema Ann Kurien\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Religious Influences on Catholic and Jewish Supreme Court Justices: Converging History, Diverging Paths 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth D. Wald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Trends in Religion and Environmental Politics into the Twenty]First Century 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucas F. Johnston and Bron Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Engaging Religion in US Foreign Affairs 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Kessler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 America’s Missions: Religion and Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century 485\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca A. Glazier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Religion, State, and Democracy: The United States in Comparative Perspective 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael D. Driessen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Religious Pluralism at the Crossroads 514\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara A. McGraw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 532\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"McGraw provides a valuable survey of topics and themes in American religion and politics. Edited collections tempt incoherence, but McGraw provides an editor's introduction to each part that helps make important themes evident and related. Politics is defined broadly in this volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eGlenn A. Moots, \u003cem\u003eReligious Studies Review,\u003c\/em\u003e Vol 43, No 2, June 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara A. McGraw\u003c\/b\u003e, J.D., Ph.D., is Professor, Social Ethics, Law, and Public Life and Director of the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism at Saint Mary's College of California. Her publications in religion and politics and comparative religions include \u003ci\u003eMany Peoples, Many Faiths, \u003c\/i\u003e10th Edition (with Robert S. Ellwood, 2014), \u003ci\u003eTaking Religious Pluralism Seriously\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jo Renee Formicola, 2005), \u003ci\u003eRediscovering America's Sacred Ground\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). She has served on the American Academy of Religion standing Committee for the Public Understanding of Religion, as co-chair of AAR's Religion and Politics Section, and on the American Political Science Association Religion and Politics Section Executive Committee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a topic that tends to attract more heat than light, this remarkably expansive volume, which encompasses everything from Native American traditions to twenty-first-century developments, brings clarity and a diversity of perspectives to this important matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Balmer, Ethics Institute at Dartmouth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work offers a timely addition to the Wiley Blackwell Companion volumes on religion.  Forty concise and crisply written essays, crafted by established scholars in the field, tender a fresh look at traditional topics such as the relation of church and state.  But they also range far more widely, examining the role that religion has played in every aspect of American political life.  We see the vibrant and often contentious interplay of impulses toward “holy order” and “sacred liberty” from the beginning to the present.  The book provides a rich resource for students, general readers, and specialists in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Wacker, Duke Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith contributions from established figures as well as emerging scholars in the field, the \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Religion and Politics in the US\u003c\/i\u003e will quickly become an indispensable reference work for those probing the complex pasts, presents, and futures of religion and American politics. Chapters take up a wide array of historical, conceptual, political, and legal concerns, and explore the dynamics of religion and politics including, but by no means limited to, the contested relationship between church and state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew R. Murphy, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRutgers University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990368010469,"sku":"NP9780470657331","price":218.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470657331.jpg?v=1761787541","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-religion-and-politics-in-the-u-s-isbn-9780470657331","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}