Religion, Culture and Politics in the Twentieth-Century United States / / Mark Hulsether.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hulsether, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Anyone who seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and politics in the United States must grapple with the importance of religion in its many diverse and contentious manifestations. With conservative evangelicals forming the base of the Republican Party, racial-ethnic communities often organised along religious lines, and social-political movements on the left including major religious components, many of the country's key cultural-political debates are carried out through religious discourse. Thus it is misleading either to think of the US as a secular society in which religion is marginal, or to work with overly narrow understandings of religion which treat it as monolithically conservative or concerned primarily with otherworldly issues.In this volume, Mark Hulsether introduces the key players and offers a select group of case studies that explore how these players have interacted with major themes and events in US cultural history. Students in American Studies and Cultural Studies will appreciate how he frames his analysis using categories such as cultural hegemony, race and gender contestation, popular culture, and empire.Key FeaturesProvides a concise introduction to the fieldBalances a stress on religious diversity with attention to power conflicts within multiculturalismDramatizes the internal complexity and dynamism of religious communitiesBrings religious issues into the field of cultural studies, building bridges that can enable more informed and constructive discussion of religion in these fieldsProvides an integrated view of religion and its importance in recent US history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Key Players and Themes in US Religion before the Twentieth Century -- 2. Changes in the Religious Landscape in the Early Twentieth Century -- 3. Religion and Social Conflict in the Early Twentieth Century -- 4. Cultural Aspects of Religion in the Early Twentieth Century -- 5. Shifts in the Religious Landscape from World War II to the Present -- 6. Religion and Evolving Social Conflicts from World War II to the Present -- 7. Cultural Aspects of Religion from World War II to the Pres -- Conclusion: Consensus, Pluralism, and Hegemony in US Religion -- Index -- The British Association for American Studies (BAAS)