Religion, Race, and the American Presidency

Gaston Espinosa is the Arthur V. Stoughton Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He served as project manager of the $1.3 million Pew Charitable Trusts Hispanic Churches in American Public Life project and is the editor of several books on religion and politics.

• Chapter 1: Evangelicals and the American Presidency Corwin SmidtChapter 2: Mainline Protestants and the American Presidency Laura R. Olsen and Adam L. WarberChapter 3: Catholics and the American Presidency David C. LeegeChapter 4: Seculars and the American Presidency Lyman A. KellstedtChapter 5: Women, Religion, and the American Presidency Katherine E. StengerChapter 6: Jews and the American Presidency David G. DalinChapter 7: Muslims and the American Presidency Brian Robert Calfano, Paul A. Djupe, and John C. GreenChapter 8: Asian Americans, Religion, and the American Presidency So Young KimChapter 9: African Americans, Religion, and the American Presidency Melissa V. Harris-LacewellChapter 10: Latinos, Religion, and the American Presidency Gaston Espinosa

This is an important and timely study of the effects of race, religion, gender, and ethnic identity upon recent American presidential elections by a number of distinguished scholars in the field. Its analysis goes much deeper than mere numbers and percentages, and therefore illuminates significant cultural realities in contemporary American life.