Wuthnow Red State Religion

Faith and Politics in America's Heartland
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3975-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 504 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wuthnow, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Konservativismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Preface ix

Prologue 1

Murder at the Glenwood 10

Chapter 1:. Piety on the Plains 17

Abraham Lincoln in Kansas 18

Establishing a Civic Order 29

Public Religion 35

Serving the Community 42

Church Expansion 47

Cooperation and Competition 57

Chapter 2:. An Evolving Political Style 67

Prairie Politics 72

Populism and Religious Politics 79

Protesting against Inequality 90

A Divided Party 95

Law and Order 101

For the Children 104

Chapter 3:. Redefining the Heartland 110

Harvest of Progress 112

Consolidation and Expansion 117

Forward-looking Initiatives 124

Church and State 130

Hunkering Down 134

Fundamentalism and the Great Depression 142

Simian Peasants 152

Novel Movements 162

Chapter 4:. Quiet Conservatism 169

Grassroots Resentments 171

The Senator from Pendergast 183

Hometown Religion 187

I Like Ike 200

A Well-Qualified Catholic 208

Chapter 5:. An Era of Restructuring 215

Stirrings on the Right 217

From Desegregation to Black Power 229

Nixon at Kansas State 241

Division in the Churches 252

Chapter 6:. The Religious Right 267

Mobilization on the Right 269

Government Is the Problem 279

The War in Wichita 287

Shifting the Focus 294

Questioning Evolution 303

Chapter 7:. Continuing the Struggle 312

The Churches and Activist Networks 314

Electing George W. Bush 321

Regulating Abortion 326

The Campaign against Gay Marriage 330

Evolution Revisited 338

The Death of Dr. Tiller 347

Swatches of Purple 354

Epilogue 361

Notes 371

Selected Bibliography 445

Index 465

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Wuthnow, a native of Kansas, teaches sociology and directs the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books about American religion and culture, including Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s and Small-Town America: Finding Community, Shaping the Future (both Princeton).