christianity and politics

Examines the role of religion in American politics and how the Constitution ensured that Christianity would not be the nation's official religion; and describes the relationship between the Republican Party and the Religious Right.

Profiles five Catholic theologians who were born during the Kulturkampf, grew up during the Hitler era, and had a major influence on Catholicism in the English-speaking world.

A history of the Christian Right, tracing its origins to a grassroots effort in the 1970s by conservative women fighting the Equal Rights Amendment, and looking at how it has evolved into a fundamentalist movement crusading against secular humanism and the lack of values in public schools, and for idealized family relationships.

Explores questions surrounding religion's role in contemporary public life. Illustrates that absolute answers to questions about the complex relationship between religious faith and American democracy often obscure as much as they illuminate. Contributors represent a variety of religious and political perspectives. Dionne is senior fellow in governmental studies at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for the Washington Post, contributor to NPR. DiIulio is professor of politics, religion, and civil society, and professor of political science, at the University of Pennsylvania; a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute..

Former senator Gary Hart describes the growth in power of the religious right in the U.S. and discusses the dangers of one minority segment of one religion shaping a nation's laws and policies.

John Kaiser, an obscure American missionary, denounced the regime of Daniel arap Moi in Kenya, and became an improbable icon to a country strugging to escape that regime. Few knew that Kaiser was also a manic depressive. When Kaiser was found dead, the FBI ruled it a suicide. Kenyans were convinced he had been murdered. In a post-Moi Kenya, what happened to Kaiser was finally revealed.

Essays and primary source documents provide a historical overview of debates related to church and state in the United States.

A collection of essays which define "the religious right", discussing their attitudes regarding foreign policy, economic and social justice, homosexuality, and AIDS, from differing viewpoints. Includes a section on televangelists.

An examination of the religious right and its role in American life, looking at the influence of religion on legislation and society, and exploring the alignment of the religious right and the political right.