Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-462) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The Puzzle of Religious Vitality -- The Persistence of Religion -- Stability or Change? -- Possible Explanations -- Why the United States? -- Understanding Religion -- Patterns of Religious Affiliation -- Basic Political Tendencies -- Conclusion -- The Puritan Imprint on Colonial Thought -- Covenant Theology and the Right to Revolt -- Puritanism and Democracy: A Qualification -- "Total Depravity" and Institutional Restraint -- One Nation under God: A Civil Religion -- Civil Religion as a Double-Edged Sword -- One of Many Influences -- The Genesis of Church-State Conflict -- Overview of Church-State Relations -- How Far Can Government Go? -- The Judicial Record -- The Separationist Era (1940's-1970's) -- The Accomodationist Era -- The Politics of Church-State Relations -- The Constitutional Revolution in Perspective -- The Cutting Edge -- Studying Religious Interests -- Establishing Motive -- Establishing Means -- Conclusion -- Religious Cultural Environment -- Institutional Contexts -- Partisan Political Alignments -- Influential Allies -- Policy Domain -- Conclusion -- Economic Liberalism -- Moral-Cultural Issues -- Social Justice -- Foreign Policy -- What Culture War? -- The Political Background -- Roots of the "New Christian Right" -- Building a National Movement -- Evangelical Political Action -- Organizational Transformation: The Second Generation -- Theories of Evangelical Mobilization -- The Impact of the Christian Right -- The Consequences for Public Policy -- Good Times? The Christian Right and the Bush Administration -- Assessing the Christian Right -- Strategic Realities -- Conclusion -- Catholicism: Conflicting Political Impulses -- The Conservative Political Heritage -- The Transformation of Catholic Attitudes -- Abortion: The Catholic Response -- Is Abortion a Catholic Issue? -- The Political Traditions of Mainline Protestants -- Mainline Activism: Sources and Reactions -- American Jews -- African American Protestants -- Latino Catholics and Protestants -- Muslim Americans -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- Other Faith Traditions -- Conclusion -- Women, Religion, and Politics -- Homosexuals -- Religion and Homosexuality -- Conclusion -- The Case against Religious Influence in Politics -- Assessing the Evidence -- The Case for Religion in Politics -- Religion in Public Conversation.
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