The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken The New Politics of Religion in the United States

, by Robbins, Jeffrey W.; Magee, Neal; Caputo, John D.; Zizek, Slavoj

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ISBN: 9780826429681 | 0826429688
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/11/2008

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This book is a collection of articles by a group of young scholars that offer an introductory-level analysis on the relationships between contemporary politics, religion, and American culture.

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction: A Taste for Theory	p. 1
Radical Religion and American Democracy	p. 9
Prophetic Evangelicals: Toward a Politics of Hope	p. 25
A Christian Politics of Vulnerability	p. 41
Truthiness, Family Values, and Conservative Consumerism	p. 55
The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity	p. 65
Jeb Stuart's Revenge: The Civil War, the Religious Right, and American Fascism	p. 85
Theocratic America? Christianity and the Structure of Political Discourse	p. 97
Christianity, Capitalism, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republic	p. 117
Sovereignty and State-Form	p. 138
The Politics of Immanence	p. 160
"An Army of One"? Subject, Signifier, and the Symbolic	p. 175
Let Freedom Free: Politics and Religion at the Heart of a Muddled Concept	p. 190
Incongruent Beliefs and the Vitality of Fantasy: The New Politics of Religion	p. 205
Postface: Better Dead Than Red - Again!	p. 221
Notes on Contributors	p. 231
Index	p. 235
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The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken The New Politics of Religion in the United States

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