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Author:

Woodward, Kenneth L., author.

Title:

Getting religion : faith, culture, and politics, from the age of Eisenhower to the era of Obama / Kenneth L. Woodward.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Convergent Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

447 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Church history--20th century.
United States--Church history--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-435) and index.

Contents:

Embedded religion -- A fusion of faith, culture, and politics -- Mediating religion -- When the secular was sacred -- Entrepreneurial religion -- Movement religion -- Religion and revolution -- Women's liberation and the feminization of religion -- Experiential religion -- Alternatives to religion -- Sacred families -- Piety and politics : the Republicans and the religious right -- Religion as politics : the Democrats.

Summary:

"Blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with ... reporting and ... historical analysis to tell the story of how American religion, culture, and politics influenced each other in the second half of the twentieth century"--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

1101907398
9781101907399

LCCN:

2016020212

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)