Politics and Religious Consciousness in America

by George Armstrong Kelly, Jean Bethke Elshtain

This exploration of the tensions of politics and religion in the United States, from its earliest settlement to contemporary times, is the first coherent history of American religious thought and practice within the context of politics. Kelly sets forth a chronology and topology of the patterns of collaboration, competition, and interaction of politics and religion in America.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983