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Hirschl, Thomas A., et al. "Politics, religion, and society: Is the United States experiencing a period of religious-political polarization?." Review of European Studies 4.4 (2012): 95+ online Archived 2018-01-27 at the Wayback Machine; Jensen, Richard J. The Winning of the Midwest: Social and Political Conflict, 1888-1896 (1971) online free
The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left. There have been a wide variety of ways in which thinkers have conceived of this relationship, with many ...
Another political aspect of religion is the support of a national identity, similar to a shared ethnicity, language, or culture. The influence of religion on politics is more ideological, where current interpretations of religious ideas inspire political activism and action; for example, laws are passed to foster stricter religious adherence. [2]
Arianna Huffington explores the cost of how politics—and scientism—have become America’s religion.
To teach students about religion is not the same as teaching or advocating religion. Religion has played an important role in American history and literary history.
Religion in politics covers various topics related to the effects of religion on politics. Religion has been claimed to be "the source of some of the most remarkable political mobilizations of our times". [1] Beyond universalist ideologies, religions have also been involved in nationalist politics. Various political doctrines have been directly ...
Puritanism was not a religion of its own, but rather was a movement, started in England, to reform Protestantism. [24] However, the first Puritans in America who were called such have arrived between 1629 and 1640 and settled in New England, specifically the Massachusetts Bay area.
The Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History (2011) Kraus, Michael, and David D Joyce. The writing of American history (3rd ed. University of Oklahoma Press, 1985). Lambert, Frank. Religion in American politics: A short history (Princeton UP, 2008).