From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic

Book Overview

This book reveals the rich diversity of the American religious fabric, highlighting especially the growing religious traditions outside of conventional Christianity and the growing importance of racial and ethnic minority perspectives within it. Chapters emphasize that different theologies, histories, and social situations drive very different conceptualizations of the relationship between religious and political life in America's varied faith traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589011724
• ISBN13: 9781589011724
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher