Red State Religion - Faith and Politics in America''s Heartland

Zusatztext " Red State Religion is an ambitious, comprehensive, and rigorous study that provides a thoughtful corrective to past efforts to portray what's the matter with Kansas." ---Finbarr Curtis, Religion Informationen zum Autor Robert Wuthnow ! a native of Kansas! teaches sociology and directs the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books about American religion and culture! including Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s and Small-Town America: Finding Community! Shaping the Future (both Princeton). Klappentext No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics! Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. This title tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present. Zusammenfassung No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. This title tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Wuthnow
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2011
• EAN: 9780691150550
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15055-0
• No. of pages: 504
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Kansas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Political activism, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Political activism / Political engagement