Red state religion faith and politics in America's heartland - Wuthnow, Robert (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012)
Piety on the plains. Abraham Lincoln in Kansas. Establishing a civic order. Public religion. Serving the community. Church expansion. Cooperation and competition -- An evolving political style. Prairie politics. Populism and religious politics. Protesting against inequality. A divided party. Law and order. For the children -- Redefining the heartland. Harvest of progress. Consolidation and expansion. Forward-looking initiatives. Church and state. Hunkering down. Fundamentalism and the Great Depression. Simian peasants. Novel movements -- Quiet conservatism. Grassroots resentments verso the Senator from Pendergast. Hometown religion. I like Ike. A well-qualified Catholic -- An era of restructuring. Stirrings on the right. From desegregation to Black Power. Nixon at Kansas State. Division in the churches -- The religious right. Mobilization on the right. Government is the problem. The war in Wichita. Shifting the focus. Questioning evolution -- Continuing the struggle. The churches and activist networks. Electing George W. Bush. Regulating abortion. The campaign against gay marriage. Evolution revisited. The death of Dr. Tiller. Swatches of purple.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Religion and politics -- Kansas -- History; Political culture -- Kansas -- History; Kansas -- Politics and government; Kansas -- Politics and government -- History; Political culture -- Kansas -- History; Religion and politics -- Kansas -- History; Religion; Social Science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion; Electronic books