Religion in America - A Political History

Zusammenfassung French political scientist Denis Acorne examines the complex relationship between religion and politics in the United States. Foreword, by Tony JudtIntroduction1. America, the Land of Religious Utopias2. The Rehabilitation of the Puritans3. Evangelical Awakenings4. The Bible Wars5. Religion6. A Godless America7. The Rise of the Religious Right8. The Wall of Separation Between Church and StateEpilogue: Obama's Faith-Friendly SecularismPostscriptAppendix: The Religious Composition of the United StatesNotesBibliography

Product details

• Authors: Denis Lacorne, Lacorne Denis
• Assisted by: Tony Judt (Foreword), George Holoch (Translation), Holoch George (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2011
• EAN: 9780231151009
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15100-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / History, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Religion: general, Religion & beliefs, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government, religion; American government; history