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Religion in America Since 1945: A History
Paper, 384 pages, 20 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-12155-2
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Preface
1. Anxious Victory: 1945--1952
The War's End
The American Religious Landscape
Cold War of the Spirit
Spiritual Peace in the 1940s
2. Religion and Materialism: 1950--1970
Fighting Godless Communism
Religious Intellectuals in the 1950s
Eisenhower Spirituality
Church Buildings
3. Religion, Respect, and Social Change: 1955--1968
African American Religion
The Civil Rights Movement Begins
White Christians and Civil Rights
Nonviolence in Decline
Mormon America
4. New Frontiers and Old Boundaries: 1960--1969
The Catholic President
The Supreme Court and Religion in Schools
Vietnam, Part I
Radical Theology
Catholic Reform
5. Shaking the Foundations: 1963--1972
American Judaism
Vietnam, Part II
Catholic Challenges to Church Discipline
African American Religion After King
6. Alternative Religious Worlds: 1967--1982
Space Travel
Feminism and Ministry
Feminist Theology
New Religions, "Cults,'' and Their Critics
Asian Spirituality in American Dress
7. Evangelicals and Politics: 1976--1990
Jimmy Carter and the Evangelical Presidency
The New Christian Right and the Reagan Campaign
The Abortion Controversy
Wives and Mothers
8. The Christian Quest for Justice and Wisdom: 1980--1995
The Antinuclear Movement
Sanctuary
Creationism and Evolution
Christian Academies and Home Schooling
9. Profits, Profligates, and Prophets: 1987--1995
The Evangelical Scandals
A Minister in the White House?
American Islam
10. The New World Order: 1989--1999
End of the Cold War
Religion and Violence
Environmental Spirituality
Megachurches
11. Fears, Threats, and Promises: 1990--2000
Homosexuality and Religion
Promise Keepers
Millennial Expectation
12. The New Millennium: 2001
Religion at Ground Zero
Conclusion