The Future of Religion in American Politics

Dunn, Charles W. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0813125162 / ISBN 13: 9780813125169

Published by The University Press of Kentucky, 2009

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First printing. Inscribed and SIGNED by editor Charles Dunn on the front endpaper. Fine volume in an unclipped, mylar sleeved, dust jacket, which has trace wear. Seller Inventory # 15011728

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Future of Religion in American Politics

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

From City Hall to the White House, from local courthouses to the Supreme Court, religion is indisputably influential in American politics. Finding the proper relationship between church and state has given rise to difficult questions and heated debates in such disparate arenas as education, abortion, immigration, medicine, warfare, and sexuality. Even though the United States Constitution expressly forbids a direct relationship between the two, religion and politics in America are inextricably linked.Charles W. Dunn's ""The Future of Religion in American Politics"" traces the history of religion in America's political sphere and explores the issues concerning its continuing relevance. An examination of four eras - the founding, the Civil War, the New Deal, and the modern - suggests the appropriate interaction of religion and politics in the twenty-first century. The widely recognized contributors raise many thought-provoking questions about the extent of religious influence on the U.S. government, today and in the future.

Review:

A genuinely outstanding collection of brilliant and accessible essays by many of the leading authorities of religion and politics in America. Many of the essays could easily stand alone as the best introduction available to religion and our political life. - PETER AUGUSTINE LAWLER, author of Homeless and at Home in America