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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aPolk, Andrew R.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aFaith in Freedom :
_bPropaganda, Presidential Politics, and the Making of an American Religion /
_cAndrew R. Polk.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a1 online resource (270 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction: Religion, War, and Unity --
_tPart One: Roosevelt --
_t1. Removing Unnecessary and Artificial Divisions --
_t2. Uniting against a Common Foe --
_tPart Two: Truman --
_t3. Building a Better World --
_t4. Filling the Void --
_tPart Three: Eisenhower --
_t5. Creating the Space between Church and State --
_t6. Being Religious in America --
_tConclusion: Lasting Legacies of an American Faith --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn Faith in Freedom, Andrew R. Polk argues that the American civil religion so many have identified as indigenous to the founding ideology was, in fact, the result of a strategic campaign of religious propaganda. Far from being the natural result of the nation's religious underpinning or the later spiritual machinations of conservative Protestants, American civil religion and the resultant "Christian nationalism" of today were crafted by secular elites in the middle of the twentieth century. Polk's genealogy of the national motto, "In God We Trust," revises the very meaning of the contemporary American nation.Polk shows how Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, working with politicians, advertising executives, and military public relations experts, exploited denominational religious affiliations and beliefs in order to unite Americans during the Second World War and, then, the early Cold War. Armed opposition to the Soviet Union was coupled with militant support free economic markets, local control of education and housing, and liberties of speech and worship. These preferences were cultivated by state actors so as to support a set of right-wing positions including anti-communism, the Jim Crow status quo, and limited taxation and regulation.Faith in Freedom is a pioneering work of American religious history. By assessing the ideas, policies, and actions of three US Presidents and their White House staff, Polk sheds light on the origins of the ideological, religious, and partisan divides that describe the American polity today.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
650 0 _aChristianity and politics
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aCold War
_xPropaganda.
650 0 _aPropaganda, American
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPropaganda.
650 4 _aPolitical Science & Political History.
650 4 _aReligious Studies.
650 4 _aU.S. History.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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653 _aCold War Religion, American Civil Religion, religion in post war America, WWII and religion, religion war and politics.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781501759239?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501759239
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