Religion and American politics : domestic and international contexts /
| Uniform Title: | Religion and American politics (Peter Lang Publishing) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Peter Lang,
2024.
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| Series: | International relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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Table of Contents:
- The role of religion in American politics : research approaches / Paulina Napierała
- American civil religion after Trump : twilight or rebirth? / Károly Pintér
- Religious influences on American conservative populism : constitutional dimensions of religious and political debates in the US / James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt
- The exploitation of religious passions in the U.S. constitutional practice : the Christian right and the judicial review / Sebastian Kubas
- The legal and political context of contemporary free exercise jurisprudence / Jerold L. Waltman
- Religion, liberty, and marriage equality / Emily R. Gill
- Religious clauses of the First Amendment in the concept of 'American Islam' in the post 11/9 era : the case of Yasir Qadhi / Elad Ben David
- The Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and the activist tradition of the Black church / Paulina Napierała
- Martin Luther King, Jr. on the three social evils in the U.S. : racism, poverty and militarism / Cristóbal Serrán-Pagán y Fuentes
- Cooking up the revolution : the Black Panthers, church kitchens, and the place of religion in the Black Power movement / Michael McLaughlin
- The fire this time : Black church burnings in the era of Obama and Black Lives Matter / Jajuan Johnson
- Religion and support for the 'Trump doctrine' / James L. Guth, Brent F. Nelsen
- Evangelicals' influence on US policy on Israel and the Palestinians in recent decades / Husam Mohamad
- Religion and American public attitudes on global warming, 2020 / Lyman A. Kellstedt, James L. Guth.
- Cover
- HalfTitle
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Role of Religion in American Politics: Research Approaches
- Evolving Relations Between Religion and American Politics
- American Civil Religion After Trump: Twilight or Rebirth?
- Introduction
- Understanding Civil Religion in the 1970s and in the 2010s
- The Role of the President in American Civil Religion
- Donald Trump and His Clash with American Civil Religion
- Conclusion
- Religious Influences on American Conservative Populism
- Introduction
- Theory: Populist Themes
- Theory: Religion
- Data and Methods
- Religion and "Thin" Populism: Political System Beliefs
- Majoritarian Rough Politics
- Distrust of Government
- Declinism
- Distrust of Experts
- Religion and Populist Policy Beliefs
- White Nationalism
- Social Traditionalism
- Welfare Chauvinism
- Putting It All Together: Religion and the "Populist Syndrome"
- Summary and Conclusions
- Constitutional Dimensions of Religious and Political Debates in the United States
- The Exploitation of Religious Passions in the U.S. Constitutional Practice: The Christian Right and the Judicial Review
- Introduction
- Two Socio-Political Trajectories Raising the Importance of Religious Voters
- Translating Religious Preferences into Law
- Divergent Understandings of the First Amendment's Religion Clauses
- Toward the Legal Accommodation of Religion: The Evolution of the U.S. Supreme Court's Religious Freedom Jurisprudence
- Free Exercise of Religion during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Conclusion: Scopes Monkey Trial Revisited?
- The Legal and Political Context of Contemporary Free Exercise Jurisprudence
- The Historical Background
- A Changing Social Reality
- An Anatomy of Three Recent Cases
- Conclusion
- Religion, Liberty, and Marriage Equality
- Introduction
- Divergent Views of Marriage Equality
- The United States Supreme Court before Obergefell
- Obergefell v. Hodges
- Commentary on Majority Opinion
- Commentary on Dissenting Opinions
- Conclusion
- Religious Clauses of the First Amendment in the Concept of "American Islam" of Post-9/11 Era: The Case of Yasir Qadhi
- Introduction
- Islam in America of the Post-9/11 Era
- The Figure of Yasir Qadhi
- Qadhi's Use of the Freedom of Religion to Bolster the Concept of "American Islam"
- The Pros of Religious Freedom in America, in Comparison to France
- The Importance of the Islamic Practice in the Private Sphere
- The Distinction Between "Morality and Legality"
- "Proposition 8" Case
- The Reaction to the Blasphemy of the Prophet Muhammad: The Movie "Innocence of Muslims"
- The LGBTQ and the Supreme Court Decision in 2015
- Summary and Conclusions
- Religion, Race, and Politics: The Political Role of the Black Church
- The Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and the Activist Tradition of the Black Church
- Introduction
- The Historical Context