1. Introduction: Sharp-edged Exceptionalism Dennis R. Hoover
2. “Wee Shall be as a Citty Upon a Hill”: John Winthrop’s Non-American Exceptionalism Mark A. Noll
3. The Essence of Exceptionalism: Roger Williams and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America Chris Seiple
4. Morality Writ Large: Theodore Roosevelt’s Ecumenical Exceptionalism Edith Blumhofer
5. American Exceptionalism and Political Religion in Republican Politics Today Mark Silk
6. Barack Obama and American Exceptionalisms Philip S. Gorski and William McMillan
7. Chosen Land, Chosen People: Religious and American Exceptionalism Among the Mormons Philip L. Barlow
8. American Exceptionalism and American Muslims M.A. Muqtedar Khan
9. Counterterrorism and the New American Exceptionalism Michael Vlahos
10. The Religious Roots of Foreign Policy Exceptionalism James L. Guth
Biography
Dennis R. Hoover is Director of the Center on Faith & International Affairs at the Institute for Global Engagement. His publications include Religion and Foreign Affairs: Essential Readings, co-edited with Douglas Johnston (Baylor, 2012) and the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security, co-edited with Chris Seiple and Pauletta Otis (Routledge, 2013).
'Overall, the various authors in this book provide insightful explanations of American exceptionalism which contribute to the knowledge of this subject. What makes this book worth reading is that it provides a critical lens through which readers can examine contemporary U.S. foreign policy and rethink how individuals' beliefs, ideas and worldviews shape foreign and security policies as well as the definition of national interests.' -Chin-Kuei Tsui is a PhD candidate at The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand
