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Author Woodward, Kenneth L., author.

Title Getting religion : faith, culture, and politics, from the age of Eisenhower to the era of Obama / Kenneth L. Woodward.

Publication Info. New York : Convergent Books, [2016]
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  200.973 W87    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  200.973 WOODWARD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  200.973 WOODWARD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 447 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-435) and index.
Contents Embedded religion -- A fusion of faith, culture, and politics -- Mediating religion -- When the secular was sacred -- Entrepreneurial religion -- Movement religion -- Religion and revolution -- Women's liberation and the feminization of religion -- Experiential religion -- Alternatives to religion -- Sacred families -- Piety and politics : the Republicans and the religious right -- Religion as politics : the Democrats.
Summary "Blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with ... reporting and ... historical analysis to tell the story of how American religion, culture, and politics influenced each other in the second half of the twentieth century"--Dust jacket flap.
Subject United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
United States -- Church history -- 21st century.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
Other Form: Online version: Woodward, Kenneth L., author. Getting religion. First Edition. New York : Convergent Books, 2016 9781101907405 (DLC) 2016026677
ISBN 9781101907399 (hardcover)
1101907398 (hardcover)
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