"With a new chapter on the 2008 elections"--Cover. First published (without the chapter on the 2008 election) in 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Evangelicals and the American presidency / Corwin Smidt -- Mainline Protestants and the American presidency / Laura R. Olson and Adam L. Warber -- Catholics and the American presidency / David C. Leege -- Seculars and the American presidency / Lyman A. Kellstedt -- Women, religion, and the American presidency / Katherine E. Stenger -- Jews and the American presidency / David G. Dalin -- Muslims and the American presidency / Brian Robert Calfano, Paul A. Djupe, and John C. Green -- Asian Americans, religion, and the American presidency / So Young Kim -- African Americans, religion, and the American presidency / Melissa V. Harris-Lacewell -- Latinos, religion, and the American presidency / Gastón Espinoza -- Religion, race, and the 2008 presidential election.
Summary:
"This book examines the role of religion, race, and gender in the American presidency over the past forty years with special attention to elections from 1996 to 2004. It tracks trends, counterintuitive findings, and then analyzes case studies of how recent presidents sought to win over key voting constituencies: mainline Protestants, Evangelicals, Catholics, seculars, women, Jews, Muslims, Asian Americans, African Americans, and Latinos. It also includes a brief capstone chapter that updates the book by showing how many of these constituencies voted in the 2008 election."--Back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.