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100	1		_aLacorne, Denis.
240	1	0	_aDe la religion en Amérique. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aReligion in America _h[electronic resource] : _ba political history / _cDenis Lacorne ; translated by George Holoch.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _cc2011.
300			_a1 online resource (xx, 225 p.)
490	1		_aReligion, culture and public life
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-225).
505	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.
520			_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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _zUnited States _xHistory.
651		0	_aUnited States _xChurch history.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / General _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLacorne, Denis. _sDe la religion en Amérique. English. _tReligion in America. _dNew York : Columbia University Press, c2011 _z9780231151009 _w(DLC) 2011014314 _w(OCoLC)693812399
830		0	_aReligion, culture, and public life.
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