Religion in American Politics
Author | : Frank Lambert |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2010-02-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691146133 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691146136 |
Rating | : 4/5 (136 Downloads) |
Download or read book Religion in American Politics written by Frank Lambert and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author examines several moments in American history--the sectional division of the States over slavery, the conflict between Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" and Walter Rauschenbusch's "Social Gospel, " Fundamentalism's debates with Modernism, the Civil Rights Movement, and the rise of the Religious Right and the Religious Left, among others--in which religious movements attempted to shape political movements."--Résumé de l'éditeur.