The Routledge history of religion and politics in the United States since 1775

Religion and the state / Shelby M. Balik -- Pluralism and secularism / Eric Chalfant -- Capitalism, religion, and politics / Darren E. Grem -- Religion and foreign relations / Cara Lea Burnidge and Lauren Frances Turek -- Material culture, material religion, and politics / Emily Suzanne Clark -- Race, racism, and anti-racism / Matthew J. Smith -- Gender, religion, and politics / Stephanie Y. Mitchem -- Religion and imperial networks / Katherine Carté -- Indigenous politics and religious traditions within the early United States / M. W. Dougherty -- Religion, politics, and geography in British America's northeastern borderlands / Jacqueline Reynoso -- Slavery and religion / Richard J. Boles -- The Barbary wars / Matthew Goetz -- Electoral politics in the new nation / Jacob T. Wood -- Evangelical proliferation and power in the early republic / Ryan G. Tobler -- Gender and republican motherhood / Miriam Liebman -- Mormonism in Antebellum America / Benjamin E. Park -- Religion and abolitionism / Ben Wright and Nathan Jérémie-Brink -- Sectional crisis and denominational schisms / Timothy Wesley -- The omnipotence of Abraham Lincoln / Shannon Bontrager -- "We want rights" : religion, suffrage, race and gender during the Civil War and the Reconstruction / M. Carmen Gómez-Galisteo -- Indigenous revivalism and the Indian wars / Tammy Heise -- Layered histories : anti-semitism, anti-Catholicism, and nativism in the long nineteenth century / Katherine D. Moran -- Industrial capitalism and the gospel of wealth / Daniel Vaca -- Social gospel, Christian socialism, and progressive reform / Aaron Pride -- Old time religious revivalism, technology, and media / Kaitlyn Lindgren-Hansen -- Overseas missionaries, humanitarianism, and U.S. Diplomacy / Emily Conroy-Krutz -- Duty and destiny : religion, the Spanish-American War, and American Empire / Paul T. McCartney -- The second KKK and racial, ethnic, and religious violence / Rodger M. Payne -- Humanitarianism between the World Wars / Hillary Kaell -- World War II / G. Kurt Piehlar -- Anti-communism at home and abroad / Mark Edwards -- Religion and national security in the early Cold War / Michael Graziano -- "Chosen as the leader or spokesperson" : Fannie Lou Hamer as religious leader and intellectual in the Black Freedom Movement / Joseph Stuart -- Cold War feminism and anti-feminism : gender politics and interreligious coalitions / Angela M. Lahr -- LGBTQ+ rights / William Stell -- Culture wars and the Supreme Court during the Cold War / Seth Dowland -- Immigration and Asian American religions / Jane Hong -- Religion, politics, and policymaking in the Reagan years / Michael J. Cangemi -- Latinx religions and American politics : Cold War through Trump presidency / Gerardo Martí, Jonathan Calvillo, and Lloyd D. Barba -- Secularism, nones, and interfaith communities / Kathleen A. Tobin -- Islam, Islamophobia, and American Muslims / Justine Howe -- Clergy sexual abuse / Brian J. Clites -- Conspiracy, disinformation, and media / Hugh B. Urban.

Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from the American Revolution through the present day. The book brings together some of the most well-regarded scholars in history, religious studies, American studies, political science, and other disciplines working in this field, providing a groundbreaking transdisciplinary history of this topic. It draws together the major themes and historiographical trends that animate current scholarship, ensuring that readers come away with a thorough picture of the field, how it has evolved, and where future scholars might take us. This unique approach is well suited to students and scholars of both U.S. History and Religious Studies and encourages interdisciplinary analysis for the fields of Religion and Politics-- Provided by publisher