Faithful Republic (Ebook) von Andrew Preston

Faithful 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.

Introduction
—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