America’s Religious Wars
America’s Religious Wars by Kathleen M. Sands, published by Yale University Press on June 4, 2019, is an illustrated edition comprising 334 pages. This book explores the intricate relationship between religion and American political values, highlighting how conflicts surrounding religion often reflect deeper societal issues. Sands examines the historical context of these debates, illustrating how discussions about religion have served as a lens through which Americans confront their conflicting identities and commitments.
Readers will find a series of compelling narratives that delve into significant historical events, such as George Washington’s interactions with Quaker pacifists and the struggles of Mormons and Catholics for equality. The book also addresses pivotal controversies, including the creation-evolution debate and issues surrounding sexuality. By framing these narratives within the broader context of American history, America’s Religious Wars reveals how religion has consistently symbolized, yet failed to resolve, the nation’s most profound political questions.
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How American conflicts about religion have always symbolized our foundational political values
When Americans fight about “religion,” we are also fighting about our conflicting identities, interests, and commitments. Religion-talk has been a ready vehicle for these conflicts because it is built on enduring contradictions within our core political values. The Constitution treats religion as something to be confined behind a wall, but in public communications, the Framers treated religion as the foundation of the American republic. Ever since, Americans have translated disagreements on many other issues into an endless debate about the role of religion in our public life.
Built around a set of compelling narratives–George Washington’s battle with Quaker pacifists; the fight of Mormons and Catholics for equality with Protestants; Teddy Roosevelt’s concept of land versus the Lakota’s concept; the creation-evolution controversy; and the struggle over sexuality–this book shows how religion, throughout American history, has symbolized, but never resolved, our deepest political questions.
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