The Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America

Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK. His recent Routledge Handbooks include Religion and Political Parties (2019), Religion, Politics, and Ideology (2021), and Religion and Politics, 3rd ed. (2023). He has written extensively about religion and politics in the USA, including two research monographs: From Huntington to Trump: Thirty Years of the Clash of Civilizations (2019) and Trump and the Politics of Neo-Nationalism: The Christian Right and Secular Nationalism in America (2021). He has also published research articles on religion and politics in the USA in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Introduction: Religion and politics in the contemporary USA. Culture wars and the Christian Right Section 1: History and Context 1. Religion and the founding of America 2. Culture, Religion, and American Political Life 3. Religion, church and state in America Section 2: Theoretical Debates and Methodological Perspectives 4. Why religion and politics divide America 5. Religion and citizenship 6. Secularism and the Post-Secular in American Political Thought 7. Religion and the Law 8. Non-Religion and Religious Diversity 9. Politics of Atheism 10. Market and Marketisation of Religion and Politics 11. Religion and Political Economy 12. Liminality, decolonization, and Indian American Christianity Section 3: Actors, Policies and Institutions 13. Religion and the U.S. presidency 14. Religion and Nationalism 15. Religion and Public Opinion 16. Religion and Conservative Politics 17. Awareness of and Support for the Religious Left in the United States: Another reflection of Political Polarization? 18. Religion, Gender and Sexuality 19. Religion and Foreign Policy: From Bush to Biden 20. Religion and Liberal Politics in the U.S. since 1980: Fields of Activism and Influence Section 4: Contemporary Debates and Controversies 21. Religion and Congress 22. Religious Freedom in the United States 23. Religion and Party Politics: Evangelicals, Republican Party, and Christian Nationalism 24. Religion and Human Rights: From Culture War Clashes to Common Ground on One of the Most Challenging Issues, Transgender Athletes 25. Religion and the Supreme Court 26. Important Debates and Current Challenges in American Civil Religion Today 27. Religion and American Conservative Populism 28. Faith and Feminism and American Politics 29. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Rights and Religion 30. Political Violence and Religion 31. Religion and Hate Speech 32. Christianity and Racial Resentment in the Contemporary United States 33. Religion and Immigration: The Viewpoints of Religious Elites, Clergy and the Mass Public 34. Islam and America