Religion, Race, and the American Presidency

Gaston Espinosa is the Arthur V. Stoughton Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He served as project manager of the $1.3 million Pew Charitable Trusts Hispanic Churches in American Public Life project and is the editor of several books on religion and politics.

This is an important and timely study of the effects of race, religion, gender, and ethnic identity upon recent American presidential elections by a number of distinguished scholars in the field. Its analysis goes much deeper than mere numbers and percentages, and therefore illuminates significant cultural realities in contemporary American life.

• Chapter 1: Evangelicals and the American Presidency Corwin SmidtChapter 2: Mainline Protestants and the American Presidency Laura R. Olsen and Adam L. WarberChapter 3: Catholics and the American Presidency David C. LeegeChapter 4: Seculars and the American Presidency Lyman A. KellstedtChapter 5: Women, Religion, and the American Presidency Katherine E. StengerChapter 6: Jews and the American Presidency David G. DalinChapter 7: Muslims and the American Presidency Brian Robert Calfano, Paul A. Djupe, and John C. GreenChapter 8: Asian Americans, Religion, and the American Presidency So Young KimChapter 9: African Americans, Religion, and the American Presidency Melissa V. Harris-LacewellChapter 10: Latinos, Religion, and the American Presidency Gaston Espinosa