New faculty book – FAITHFUL REPUBLIC: Religion and Politics in Modern America
Based on the 2012 Religion and Politics conference hosted by BU, UPenn Press has just released Faithful Republic: Religion and politics in modern America, edited by BU History professor Bruce Schulman, Andrew Preston and Julian Zelizer.
“…Faithful Republic explores the dynamics between religion and politics in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present. Rather than focusing on the traditional question of the separation between church and state, this volume touches on many other aspects of American political history, addressing divorce, civil rights, liberalism and conservatism, domestic policy, and economics. Together, the essays blend church history and lived religion to fashion an innovative kind of political history, demonstrating the pervasiveness of religion throughout American political life.”
For more information about Faithful Republic, please see the books’ website: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15379.html