Screen LibrarySecular faith : how culture has trumped religion in American politics /
"Mark A. Smith provocatively argues that religion is not nearly the unchanging conservative influence in American politics that we have come to think it is. In fact, in the long run, religion is best understood as responding to changing political and cultural values rather than shaping them. Sm...
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Mark A. Smith provocatively argues that religion is not nearly the unchanging conservative influence in American politics that we have come to think it is. In fact, in the long run, religion is best understood as responding to changing political and cultural values rather than shaping them. Smith makes his case by charting five contentious issues in America's history: slavery, divorce, homosexuality, abortion, and women's rights. For each, he shows how the political views of even the most conservative Christians evolved in the same direction as the rest of society--perhaps not as swiftly, b |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780226275062 022627506X |
| Index Number: | BR115 |
| CLC: | B979.712 |
| Call Number: | B979.712/S655 |
| Contents: | Strategies of adaptation -- Slavery -- Divorce -- Homosexuality -- Abortion -- Women's rights -- Religion, politics, and morality. |