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Religion, Culture and Politics in the Twentieth-century United States
Mark Hulsether
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Description for Religion, Culture and Politics in the Twentieth-century United States
Paperback. An introduction to religions in America since the Civil War, with the main focus on the twentieth century. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 256 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Anyone who seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and politics in the United States must grapple with the importance of religion in its many diverse and contentious manifestations. With conservative evangelicals forming the base of the Republican Party, racial-ethnic communities often organised along religious lines, and social-political movements on the left including major religious components, many of the country's key cultural-political debates are carried out through religious discourse. Thus it is misleading either to think of the US as a secular society in which religion is marginal, or to work with overly narrow understandings of religion which treat it ... Read more
Anyone who seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and politics in the United States must grapple with the importance of religion in its many diverse and contentious manifestations. With conservative evangelicals forming the base of the Republican Party, racial-ethnic communities often organised along religious lines, and social-political movements on the left including major religious components, many of the country's key cultural-political debates are carried out through religious discourse. Thus it is misleading either to think of the US as a secular society in which religion is marginal, or to work with overly narrow understandings of religion which treat it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748613021
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V9780748613021
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About Mark Hulsether
Mark Hulsether is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at the University of Tennessee. He is author of Building a Protestant Left: Christianity and Crisis Magazine, 1941-1993 (University of Tennessee Press, 1999) and numerous articles on aspects of religion, culture and society in 20th-century America.
Reviews for Religion, Culture and Politics in the Twentieth-century United States
Wonderful. What I find most impressive is the clear-cut way Hulsether integrates religion, politics, and culture - no small task and a rarity in overviews of American religious history. It is comprehensive but also offers compelling case studies that illustrate the peculiar dynamics of twentieth century America, integrating economics, race relations, popular culture and other critical social forces into the ... Read more