Politics and Religious Consciousness in America

Informationen zum Autor George Armstrong Kelly Zusammenfassung This exploration of the tensions of politics and religion in the United States! from its earliest settlement to contemporary times! is the first coherent history of American religious thought and practice within the context of politics. Kelly sets forth a chronology and topology of the patterns of collaboration! competition! and interaction of politics and religion in America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1: The Sacred and the Profane; 2: Freedom and Control; 3: Amazing Grace; 4: Society, Sects, and Solitude; 5: Westward the Star of Empire; 6: Disenchantment; 7: Civil Religion; 8: Faith and Loyalty

Product details

• Authors: Jean Bethke Elshtain, George Armstrong Kelly, Kelly George Armstrong
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1984
• EAN: 9780878554843
• ISBN: 978-0-87855-484-3
• No. of pages: 323
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Politics & government, Politics and government