Routledge Political Religion and Religious Politics Book

Explore the shifting landscape of American identity with Political Religion and Religious Politics: Navigating Identities in the United States. Part of the Routledge Series on Identity Politics, this work examines how profound demographic and cultural changes over the last fifty years have changed the relationship between religious and political identity. This text analyzes the decline of the Protestant mainline and its waning cultural influence. It also looks at how the growing American Muslim population seeks a place within the nation's political and cultural imagination. From debates over contraception and same-sex relationships to the impact of prosperity preaching, this book provides a deep look at the issues roiling American cultural politics today.