Red State Religion : Faith and Politics in America's Heartland /
Wuthnow, Robert
Red State Religion : Faith and Politics in America's Heartland / Robert Wuthnow. - Course Book - 1 online resource (504 p.) : 13 line illus.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue -- Murder at the Glenwood -- 1. Piety on the Plains -- 2. An Evolving Political Style -- 3. Redefining the Heartland -- 4. Quiet Conservatism -- 5. An Era of Restructuring -- 6. The Religious Right -- 7. Continuing the Struggle -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. The Kansas Board of Education has repeatedly challenged the teaching of evolution, Kansas voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional ban on gay marriage, the state is a hotbed of antiabortion protest--and churches have been involved in all of these efforts. Yet in 1867 suffragist Lucy Stone could plausibly proclaim that, in the cause of universal suffrage, "Kansas leads the world!" How did Kansas go from being a progressive state to one of the most conservative? In Red State Religion, Robert Wuthnow tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present. He examines how faith mixed with politics as both ordinary Kansans and leaders such as John Brown, Carrie Nation, William Allen White, and Dwight Eisenhower struggled over the pivotal issues of their times, from slavery and Prohibition to populism and anti-communism. Beyond providing surprising new explanations of why Kansas became a conservative stronghold, the book sheds new light on the role of religion in red states across the Midwest and the United States. Contrary to recent influential accounts, Wuthnow argues that Kansas conservatism is largely pragmatic, not ideological, and that religion in the state has less to do with politics and contentious moral activism than with relationships between neighbors, friends, and fellow churchgoers. This is an important book for anyone who wants to understand the role of religion in American political conservatism.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691150550 9781400839759
10.1515/9781400839759 doi
Kansas--History.--Politics and government
Political culture--History.--Kansas
Political culture--History.--Kansas
Religion and politics--History.--Kansas
Religion and politics--History.--Kansas
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Abraham Lincoln. Bill Clinton. Catholics. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Franklin D. Roosevelt. George Tiller. George W. Bush. Great Depression. Harry S. Truman. Kansas. Laura Beers. Methodist Episcopal Church. Methodists. Middle West. Populism. Prohibition. Protestant churches. Protestants. Religious Right. Republican Party. Republicans. Richard Nixon. Robert F. Kennedy. Vietnam War. W. L. Beers. abortion. activism. anti-communism. antiboss Republicans. black power. churches. civic order. conservatism. creationism. crime of passion. desegregation. education. evolution. fundamentalism. good citizenship. homes. hometowns. inequality. moral activism. murder. political activism. political isolation. political movements. politics. racial equality. red state politics. red state religion. red states. religion. religious movements. same-sex marriage. slavery. statehood.
BL65.P7 / W88 2017
306.661709781
Red State Religion : Faith and Politics in America's Heartland / Robert Wuthnow. - Course Book - 1 online resource (504 p.) : 13 line illus.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue -- Murder at the Glenwood -- 1. Piety on the Plains -- 2. An Evolving Political Style -- 3. Redefining the Heartland -- 4. Quiet Conservatism -- 5. An Era of Restructuring -- 6. The Religious Right -- 7. Continuing the Struggle -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. The Kansas Board of Education has repeatedly challenged the teaching of evolution, Kansas voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional ban on gay marriage, the state is a hotbed of antiabortion protest--and churches have been involved in all of these efforts. Yet in 1867 suffragist Lucy Stone could plausibly proclaim that, in the cause of universal suffrage, "Kansas leads the world!" How did Kansas go from being a progressive state to one of the most conservative? In Red State Religion, Robert Wuthnow tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present. He examines how faith mixed with politics as both ordinary Kansans and leaders such as John Brown, Carrie Nation, William Allen White, and Dwight Eisenhower struggled over the pivotal issues of their times, from slavery and Prohibition to populism and anti-communism. Beyond providing surprising new explanations of why Kansas became a conservative stronghold, the book sheds new light on the role of religion in red states across the Midwest and the United States. Contrary to recent influential accounts, Wuthnow argues that Kansas conservatism is largely pragmatic, not ideological, and that religion in the state has less to do with politics and contentious moral activism than with relationships between neighbors, friends, and fellow churchgoers. This is an important book for anyone who wants to understand the role of religion in American political conservatism.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691150550 9781400839759
10.1515/9781400839759 doi
Kansas--History.--Politics and government
Political culture--History.--Kansas
Political culture--History.--Kansas
Religion and politics--History.--Kansas
Religion and politics--History.--Kansas
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Abraham Lincoln. Bill Clinton. Catholics. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Franklin D. Roosevelt. George Tiller. George W. Bush. Great Depression. Harry S. Truman. Kansas. Laura Beers. Methodist Episcopal Church. Methodists. Middle West. Populism. Prohibition. Protestant churches. Protestants. Religious Right. Republican Party. Republicans. Richard Nixon. Robert F. Kennedy. Vietnam War. W. L. Beers. abortion. activism. anti-communism. antiboss Republicans. black power. churches. civic order. conservatism. creationism. crime of passion. desegregation. education. evolution. fundamentalism. good citizenship. homes. hometowns. inequality. moral activism. murder. political activism. political isolation. political movements. politics. racial equality. red state politics. red state religion. red states. religion. religious movements. same-sex marriage. slavery. statehood.
BL65.P7 / W88 2017
306.661709781