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

Woodward, Kenneth L.,

Getting religion : faith, culture, and politics, from the age of Eisenhower to the era of Obama / Kenneth L. Woodward. - First edition. - 447 pages ; 24 cm

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

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.

"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.

9781101907399 1101907398 9781101907412

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

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