1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America
Introduction: Religion and politics in the contemporary USA. Culture wars and the Christian Right
Jeffrey Haynes
Section 1: History and Context
1. Religion and the founding of America
Ted Ritter
2. Culture, religion, and American political life
Elizabeth Gish, Katya Lukianova and John Dedrick
3. Religion, church and state in America
Scott Culpepper
Section 2: Theoretical Debates and Methodological Perspectives
4. Why religion and politics divide America
Bud Heckman
5. Religion and citizenship
Lan Chu and Anthony Kammas
6. Secularism and the post-secular in American political thought
Anders Berg-Sorensen
7. Religion and the law
Adelaide Madera
8. Non-religion and religious diversity
Daniel Gordon
9. Politics of Atheism
Stuart McAnulla
10. The market and marketisation of religion and politics
Anthony Hatcher
11. Religion and political economy
Andrew Walsh
12. Liminality, decolonization, and Indian American Christianity
Binu Varghese
Section 3: Actors, Policies and Institutions
13. Religion and the US presidency
Jason Berggren
14. Religion and nationalism
Joseph Williams
15. Religion and public opinion
J. Matthew Wilson
16. Religion and conservative politics
Levi Allen
17. Awareness of and support for the religious left in the United States: Another reflection of political polarization?
Dunja Arandjelovic and Laura R. Olson
18. Religion, gender and sexuality
Carole Barnsley
19. Religion and foreign policy: From Bush to Biden
Jeffrey Haynes
20. Religion and liberal politics in the US since 1980: Fields of activism and influence
Rhys H. Williams
Section 4: Contemporary debates and controversies
21. Religion and Congress
Ben Toll
22. Religious freedom in the United States
Dennis Petri
23. Religion and Party Politics: Evangelicals, Republican Party, and Christian Nationalism Robert Postic
24. Religion and Human Rights: From Culture War Clashes to Common Ground on One of the Most Challenging Issues, Transgender Athletes
Robin Fretwell Wilson, J. Stuart Adams, Kera Birkeland and Bryce Morris
25. Religion and the Supreme Court
Stephen K. Green
26. Important Debates and Current Challenges in American Civil Religion Today
Aaron Q. Weinstein
27. Religion and American Conservative Populism
Jim Guth
28. Faith and Feminism and American Politics
Jonathan C. Agensky
29. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Rights and Religion
Carole Barnsley
30. Political Violence and Religion
Andrea Molle and Jeffrey Haynes
31. Religion and Hate Speech
Meagan Zabadal
32. Christianity and Racial Resentment in the Contemporary United States
Kendrick Roberson
33. Religion and Immigration: The Viewpoints of Religious Elites, Clergy and the Mass Public
Lyman Kellstedt and Brian Newman
34. Islam and America
Sajida Jalalzai
Biography
Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK. His recent Routledge Handbooks include Religion and Political Parties (2019), Religion, Politics, and Ideology (2021), and Religion and Politics, third edition. (2023). He has written extensively about religion and politics in the USA, including two research monographs: From Huntington to Trump: Thirty Years of the Clash of Civilizations (2019) and Trump and the Politics of Neo-Nationalism: The Christian Right and Secular Nationalism in America (2021). He has also published research articles on religion and politics in the USA in numerous peer-reviewed journals.
