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Kenneth D. Wald is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Samuel R. “Bud” Shorstein Professor Emeritus of American Jewish Culture & Society at the University of Florida.
Allison Calhoun-Brown is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Vice President of Student Success at Georgia State University.
1. A Secular Society?
2. Religion in the American Context
3. Religion and American Political Culture
4. Religion and the State
5. Mobilizing Religious Interests
6. Religion and Political Action
7. Religion and Public Opinion
8. Religion and ConservativePolitical Mobilization
9. Religion and Centrist Political Mobilization
10. Religion and Liberal Political Mobilization
11. The Struggle for Minority Rights: Gender and Sexuality
12. Religion and American Political Life
I look forward to each new edition of this text. I have long recommended it to undergraduate and graduate students, and to colleagues who want to better understand the relationship between religion and politics in the United States. Now a classic has gotten even better, with expanded coverage of religion and gender politics, and the politics of sexual diversity. I recommend this highly to political scientists, sociologists, historians, and anyone interested in the myriad ways that politics and religion influence one another.
— Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University
Praise for the Fifth Edition: Religion and Politics in the United States is among the premier texts on the subject, expanded and improved in this edition. Clear and comprehensive, I can think of no better introduction to the place, promises, and perils of faith in the American political process....
— John C. Green, University of Akron
Long the standard by which other volumes on religion and politics are measured, this new edition continues to provide not only up-to-date coverage but an excellent breadth and depth of such coverage as well.
— Corwin E. Smidt, Calvin College; Calvin College
Praise for the Fifth Edition: Kenneth D. Wald and Allison Calhoun-Brown have updated and extended one of the leading texts in religion and politics. This timely new volume uncovers one of the most important yet understudied phenomena in American life: how citizens' religious beliefs and institutions both promote and constrain their involvement in politics. As religion emerges at the center of debates in American politics, now more than ever this volume is critical to students as they attempt to unravel the complexity of religion as both a diversionary and liberating force in the body politic...
— Fredrick Harris, Columbia University
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