Religious Leaders and Faith-Based Politics

Religious Leaders and Faith-Based Politics offers a powerful and timely analysis of the dynamic relationship between religious leaders of all faiths and political activism in the United States. From the colonial era to the present religious leaders have raised Americans' moral and political awareness of countless issues including revolution slavery temperance civil rights and most recently the culture wars. This book is the first to explore the renewed and intense commitment of evangelicals Catholics Muslims and Jews to preach teach and participate in politics today.