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- Presents an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the role of America’s civil religion in politics
- Applies qualitative and quantitative empirical methods to explore over 50 years of American political history
- Presents a new, robust theoretical model with applicability for other researchers interested in understanding the connection between civil religion and politics in any given country
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The book’s overarching thesis is that America’s civil religion serves as a discursive framework for the country’s politics of the sacred, mediating the demands of particularistic interests and social solidarity through the interaction of social belief and institutional politics like elections and the Supreme Court. The book penetrates America’s unique political religiosity to reveal and unravel the intricate ways in which politics, political institutions, religion and culture intertwine in the United States.
Authors and Affiliations
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Universität Passau, Passau, Germany
Anthony Squiers
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of the Sacred in America
Book Subtitle: The Role of Civil Religion in Political Practice
Authors: Anthony Squiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68870-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68869-5Published: 30 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88671-8Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68870-1Published: 21 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 181
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: US Politics, Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, American Culture