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 co

This volume reframes the narrative that has too often dominated the field of historical study of religion and politics: the culture wars. Influenced by culture

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This acclaimed work surveys the varied course of religious life in modern America. Beginning with the close of the Victorian Age, it moves through the shifting