Before the Religious Right : : Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States / / Gene Zubovich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Zubovich, Gene,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Idioma: English
• Series: Intellectual History of the Modern Age
• Descrición Física: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 15 illus.

When we think about religion and politics in the United States today, we think of conservative evangelicals. But for much of the twentieth century it was liberal Protestants who most profoundly shaped American politics. Leaders of this religious community wielded their influence to fight for social...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Note on Translation
• Introduction. Global Gospel, American Politics
• Part I. One World
• Chapter 1. Protestant Political Mobilization in the Great Depression
• Chapter 2. The Coming War and the Pacifist-Realist Split
• Chapter 3. The World Order Movement
• Chapter 4. “A Non-Segregated Church and a Non-Segregated Society”
• Chapter 5. The Anti-racist Origins of Human Rights
• Part II. Two Worlds
• Chapter 6. Beyond the Cold War
• Chapter 7. Segregation Is a Sin
• Chapter 8. The Responsible Society
• Chapter 9. Christian Economics and the Clergy-Laity Gap
• Epilogue. Global Gospel, American Fault Lines
• Notes
• Index
• Acknowledgments