03712nam a2200517Ka 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020003500124020003200159020001800191020001500209035002100224035001800245041001300263043001200276050002500288072002500313072002500338082001800363049000900381100002000390240004300410245011800453260005100571300003500622490003800657504005600695505032100751520147601072588004702548650005502595651003502650650005502685650004702740655002202787776019502809830004003004856010503044910001603149994001203165999001703177ocn759862782OCoLC20200709055429.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu111107s2011    nyu     ob    000 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  a9780231526401 (electronic bk.)  a0231526407 (electronic bk.)  z9780231151009  z0231151004  a(OCoLC)759862782  a399886b(N$T)1 aenghfre  an-us--- 4aBR515b.L2513 2011eb 7aRELx0121102bisacsh 7aRELx0700002bisacsh04a261.70973222  aN$TA1 aLacorne, Denis.10aDe la religion en Amérique.lEnglish10aReligion in Americah[electronic resource] :ba political history /cDenis Lacorne ; translated by George Holoch.  aNew York :bColumbia University Press,cc2011.  a1 online resource (xx, 225 p.)1 aReligion, culture and public life  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-225).0 aAmerica, the land of religious utopias -- The rehabilitation of the Puritans -- Evangelical awakenings -- The Bible wars -- Religion, race, and national identity -- A godless America -- The rise of the religious right -- The wall of separation between church and state -- Epilogue: Obama's faith-friendly secularism.  aDenis Lacorne identifies two competing narratives defining the American identity. The first narrative, derived from the philosophy of the Enlightenment, is essentially secular. Associated with the Founding Fathers and reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers, this line of reasoning is predicated on separating religion from politics to preserve political freedom from an overpowering church. Prominent thinkers such as Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Jean-Nicolas Démeunier, who viewed the American project as a radical attempt to create a new regime free from religion and the weight of ancient history, embraced this American effort to establish a genuine "wall of separation" between church and state. The second narrative is based on the premise that religion is a fundamental part of the American identity and emphasizes the importance of the original settlement of America by New England Puritans. This alternative vision was elaborated by Whig politicians and Romantic historians in the first half of the nineteenth century. It is still shared by modern political scientists such as Samuel Huntington. These thinkers insist America possesses a core, stable "Creed" mixing Protestant and republican values. Lacorne outlines the role of religion in the making of these narratives and examines, against this backdrop, how key historians, philosophers, novelists, and intellectuals situate religion in American politics.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aChristianity and politicszUnited StatesxHistory. 0aUnited StatesxChurch history. 7aRELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues2bisacsh 7aRELIGION / Christianity / General2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aLacorne, Denis.sDe la religion en Amérique. English.tReligion in America.dNew York : Columbia University Press, c2011z9780231151009w(DLC)  2011014314w(OCoLC)693812399 0aReligion, culture, and public life.403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=399886  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50689d50689