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God and Race in American Politics: A Short History

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Description for God and Race in American Politics: A Short History Paperback. Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation - and some of our most shameful failures. This book traces the explosive political effects of the religious intermingling with race. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation--and some of our most shameful failures. In this important book, Mark Noll, one of the most influential historians of American religion writing today, traces the explosive political effects of the religious intermingling with race. Noll demonstrates how supporters and opponents of slavery and segregation drew equally on the Bible to justify the morality of their positions. He shows how a common evangelical heritage supported Jim Crow discrimination and contributed powerfully to the black ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691146294
SKU
V9780691146294
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About Mark A. Noll
Mark A. Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. His books include "America's God", "The Civil War as a Theological Crisis", and "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind".

Reviews for God and Race in American Politics: A Short History
Winner of the 2009 Award of Merit in History/Biography, Christianity Today "Mark A. Noll is one of our leading historians of religion... [God and Race in American Politics] tells us a lot about how we talk about God in politics, yesterday and today. As he does so often, Noll here writes serenely about volatile subjects."
Martin E. Marty, Chronicle of Higher ... Read more

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