America’s Religious Wars

America’s Religious Wars
Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 347
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300245370
ISBN-13 : 0300245378
Rating : 4/5 (378 Downloads)

Book Synopsis America’s Religious Wars by : Kathleen M. Sands

Download or read book America’s Religious Wars written by Kathleen M. Sands and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How American conflicts about religion have always symbolized our foundational political values When Americans fight about “religion,” we are also fighting about our conflicting identities, interests, and commitments. Religion-talk has been a ready vehicle for these conflicts because it is built on enduring contradictions within our core political values. The Constitution treats religion as something to be confined behind a wall, but in public communications, the Framers treated religion as the foundation of the American republic. Ever since, Americans have translated disagreements on many other issues into an endless debate about the role of religion in our public life. Built around a set of compelling narratives—George Washington’s battle with Quaker pacifists; the fight of Mormons and Catholics for equality with Protestants; Teddy Roosevelt’s concept of land versus the Lakota’s concept; the creation-evolution controversy; and the struggle over sexuality—this book shows how religion, throughout American history, has symbolized, but never resolved, our deepest political questions.


America’s Religious Wars Related Books

America’s Religious Wars
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Kathleen M. Sands
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-04 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How American conflicts about religion have always symbolized our foundational political values When Americans fight about “religion,” we are also fighting a
America’s Religious Wars
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Kathleen M. Sands
Categories: Religion and politics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-04 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How American conflicts about religion have always symbolized our foundational political values When Americans fight about "religion," we are also fighting about
God's Almost Chosen Peoples
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: George C. Rable
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narrative
America's Religious History
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Thomas S. Kidd
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-12 - Publisher: Zondervan Academic

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Religion, race, and American history. America's Religious History is an up-to-date, narrative-based introduction to the unique role of faith in American history
The Wars of America
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Ronald Wells
Categories: United States
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Mercer University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK