Faith in Freedom : : Propaganda, Presidential Politics, and the Making of an American Religion / / Andrew R. Polk.
In Faith in Freedom, Andrew R. Polk argues that the American civil religion so many have identified as indigenous to the founding ideology was, in fact, the result of a strategic campaign of religious propaganda. Far from being the natural result of the nation's religious underpinning or the la...
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Polk, Andrew R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Faith in Freedom : Propaganda, Presidential Politics, and the Making of an American Religion / Andrew R. Polk. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (270 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion, War, and Unity -- Part One: Roosevelt -- 1. Removing Unnecessary and Artificial Divisions -- 2. Uniting against a Common Foe -- Part Two: Truman -- 3. Building a Better World -- 4. Filling the Void -- Part Three: Eisenhower -- 5. Creating the Space between Church and State -- 6. Being Religious in America -- Conclusion: Lasting Legacies of an American Faith -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Faith in Freedom, Andrew R. Polk argues that the American civil religion so many have identified as indigenous to the founding ideology was, in fact, the result of a strategic campaign of religious propaganda. Far from being the natural result of the nation's religious underpinning or the later spiritual machinations of conservative Protestants, American civil religion and the resultant "Christian nationalism" of today were crafted by secular elites in the middle of the twentieth century. Polk's genealogy of the national motto, "In God We Trust," revises the very meaning of the contemporary American nation.Polk shows how Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, working with politicians, advertising executives, and military public relations experts, exploited denominational religious affiliations and beliefs in order to unite Americans during the Second World War and, then, the early Cold War. Armed opposition to the Soviet Union was coupled with militant support free economic markets, local control of education and housing, and liberties of speech and worship. These preferences were cultivated by state actors so as to support a set of right-wing positions including anti-communism, the Jim Crow status quo, and limited taxation and regulation.Faith in Freedom is a pioneering work of American religious history. By assessing the ideas, policies, and actions of three US Presidents and their White House staff, Polk sheds light on the origins of the ideological, religious, and partisan divides that describe the American polity today. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Christianity and politics United States History 20th century. Cold War Propaganda. Propaganda, American Moral and ethical aspects. World War, 1939-1945 Propaganda. Political Science & Political History. Religious Studies. U.S. History. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh Cold War Religion, American Civil Religion, religion in post war America, WWII and religion, religion war and politics. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739084 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2021 English 9783110754087 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2021 9783110753851 ZDB-23-DEG print 9781501759222 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501759239?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501759239 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501759239/original |
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Polk, Andrew R., Polk, Andrew R., Faith in Freedom : Propaganda, Presidential Politics, and the Making of an American Religion / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion, War, and Unity -- Part One: Roosevelt -- 1. Removing Unnecessary and Artificial Divisions -- 2. Uniting against a Common Foe -- Part Two: Truman -- 3. Building a Better World -- 4. Filling the Void -- Part Three: Eisenhower -- 5. Creating the Space between Church and State -- 6. Being Religious in America -- Conclusion: Lasting Legacies of an American Faith -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion, War, and Unity -- Part One: Roosevelt -- 1. Removing Unnecessary and Artificial Divisions -- 2. Uniting against a Common Foe -- Part Two: Truman -- 3. Building a Better World -- 4. Filling the Void -- Part Three: Eisenhower -- 5. Creating the Space between Church and State -- 6. Being Religious in America -- Conclusion: Lasting Legacies of an American Faith -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Religion, War, and Unity -- Part One: Roosevelt -- 1. Removing Unnecessary and Artificial Divisions -- 2. Uniting against a Common Foe -- Part Two: Truman -- 3. Building a Better World -- 4. Filling the Void -- Part Three: Eisenhower -- 5. Creating the Space between Church and State -- 6. Being Religious in America -- Conclusion: Lasting Legacies of an American Faith -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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