Religion, Politics, and American Identity

David S. Gutterman is assistant professor of politics at Willemette University. Andrew R. Murphy is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University.

• Chapter 1 Research on American Religion and Politics: A Survey of the FieldPart 2 A Christian Nation? Religion and American Politics in the Wake of September 11Chapter 3 Discourse Bless America: Rebuilding National Mythos after September 11Chapter 4 The Enduring Power of the American JeremiadChapter 5 Stories of Sinfulness: Narrative Identity in AmericaPart 6 Beyond Church and State: The Many Faces of American Religion and PoliticsChapter 7 The Church-State Issue: Some Implications of the Latest DataChapter 8 Religion on Main Street: Toward a New Politics of the Sacred and SecularChapter 9 Latino Spirituality and U.S. Politics: A Communitarianism that Crosses BordersChapter 10 Religion in the Workplace and the Problem of the First AmendmentChapter 11 Greening the Divine: The Environment and Politics in Twenty-First Century North AmericaChapter 12 Religion, Race, and Rhetoric: The Black Church, Religious Interest Groups, and Charitable ChoiceChapter 13 Inside, Out, and In-Between: Sexual Minorities, the Christian Right, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaChapter 14 Religion, Politics, and American Identity After September 11: Reflections on Recent Scholarship

It is exciting to read Gutterman and Murphy's Religion, Politics, and American Identity and to appreciate the relevant and accomplished work on religion and politics these scholars have gathered together. This is a revealing and timely book.