Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States “Drawing on multiple sources of national survey data collected over the past several decades and in-depth interviews, Whitehead and Perry document how Christian nationalism radically shapes what Americans think about who they are as a people, what their future should look like, and how … Continue reading Party in the USA, but the party is religion and some people are hurt by the party and some people have fun →

After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion “The early association of AIDS with homosexuality has had lasting effects. It marked the epidemic from its very beginning not simply as a biological catastrophe, but as a political, religious, and moral epidemic as well.” Anthony M. Petro Main Argument In After the Wrath of … Continue reading “Tradition and Oppression: Christianity as a Barrier to Progress”

Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America “Hollinger makes a strong case that missionary influence in those spheres has been underestimated, because scholars interested in U.S.-China relations or the O.S.S. or the development of Area Studies programs have noted missionary connections in passing rather than attempting to tie them together.Continue reading “Religion as a United Front”

Love The Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance By: Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini “Sex. Religion. There is no denying that these two subjects are among the most provocative in American public life. Even the constitutional principle of church-state separation seems to give way when it comes to sex: the Supreme Court draws … Continue reading Sex and Religion in America: The Power of Religion over Sexuality in Politics and Culture →