Religion and Democracy in the United States : : Danger or Opportunity? / / ed. by Ira Katznelson, Alan Wolfe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Calhoun-Brown, Allison,; DeLauro, Rosa,; Gibson, James L.,; Green, John C.,; Harris, Fredrick C.,; Jamal, Amaney,; Katznelson, Ira,; Layman, Geoffrey C.,; Leal, David L.,; Leege, David C.,; Novit Evans, Bette,; Rosenblum, Nancy L.,; Wald, Kenneth D.,; Wilcox, Clyde,; Wolfe, Alan,
• HerausgeberIn: Katznelson, Ira,; Wolfe, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.) :; 16 line illus. 28 tables.

The United States remains a deeply religious country and religion plays an inextricably critical role in American politics. Controversy over issues such as abortion is fueled by opposition in the Catholic Church and among conservative Protestants, candidates for the presidency are questioned about t...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. Religious Pluralism and American Democracy
• Chapter 1. Political Science, Democracy, and Religion
• Chapter 2. Religious Diversity and American Democracy
• Chapter 3. Muslim Americans
• Chapter 4 The Constitutions of Religious Pluralism in the United States
• Part II. Religion and Democratic Values
• Chapter 5. The Political Consequences of Religiosity
• Chapter 6. The Christian Right and Civic Virtue
• Chapter 7. Religion and Party Activists
• Part III. Political Diversity and American Religion
• Chapter 8. Entering the Promised Land?
• Chapter 9. This Far by Faith?
• Chapter 10. Religion and the Political and Civic Lives of Latinos
• Part IV. Religion and Cultural Conflict
• Chapter 11. Mobilizing Religious Differences in American Politics
• Chapter 12. Faith in America
• Conclusion
• Index