Religion and Politics in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 1442225556
- ISBN-13
- 9781442225558
- Series
- Religion and Politics in the United States
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-04
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- Kenneth D. Wald, Allison Calhoun-Brown
Description
From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at large. Now in its seventh edition, Religion and Politics in the United States includes analyses of the nation's most pressing political matters regarding religious freedom, and the ways in which that essential constitutional freedom situates itself within modern America.
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