R. Marie Griffith is a professor of religion at Princeton University. She is the author or coeditor of several books, including Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance, also published by Johns Hopkins. Melani McAlister is an associate professor of American studies and international affairs at George Washington University. She is the author of Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since 1945.

Griffith and McAlister offer a superb historiographical overview of trends in both religious studies and American studies-their discussion of religious studies within the academy is especially insightful. -- Andrew Preston Journal of American Studies

• PrefaceIntroduction: Is the Public Square Still Naked?Part I: Engaging State PowerChapter 1. "Favoritism Cannot Be Tolerated": Challenging Protestantism in America's Public Schools and Promoting the Neutral StateChapter 2. Selling American Diversity and Muslim American Identity through Nonprofit Advertising Post-9/11Chapter 3. "The ERA Is a Moral Issue": The Mormon Church, LDS Women, and the Defeat of the Equal Rights AmendmentChapter 4. Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change Policy DebateChapter 5. Catholics, Democrats, and the GOP in Contemporary AmericaPart II: Politics of the GlobalChapter 6. Islamism and Its African American Muslim Critics: Black Muslims in the Era of the Arab Cold WarChapter 7. "As Americans Against Genocide": The Crisis in Darfur and Interreligious Political ActivismChapter 8. From Exodus to Exile: Black Pentecostals, Migrating Pilgrims, and Imagined InternationalismChapter 9. Who Speaks for Indian Americans? Religion, Ethnicity, and Political FormationPart III: Leaders and Activists Chapter 10. Benjamin Mays, Global Ecumenism, and Local Religious SegregationChapter 11. Impossible Assimilations, American Liberalism, and Jewish Difference: Revisiting Jewish SecularismChapter 12. An Exception to Exceptionalism: A Reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr's Vision of "Prophetic" Christianity and the Problem of Religion and U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 13. Cesar Chavez in American Religious Politics: Mapping the New Global Spiritual LineChapter 14. Ties That Bind and Divisions That Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political SpectrumPart IV: Media and PerformanceChapter 15. "Signaling Through the Flames": Hell House Performance and Structures of Religious FeelingChapter 16. Critical Faith: Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil ReligionChapter 17. Back to the Future: Religion, Politics, and the MediaChapter 18. Testimonial Politics: The Christian Right's Faith-Based Approach to Marriage and ImprisonmentChapter 19. "It Will Change the World If Everybody Reads This Book": New Thought Religion in Oprah's Book ClubContributorsIndex

R. Marie Griffith is a professor of religion at Princeton University. She is the author or coeditor of several books, including Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance, also published by Johns Hopkins. Melani McAlister is an associate professor of American studies and international affairs at George Washington University. She is the author of Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since 1945.

Griffith and McAlister offer a superb historiographical overview of trends in both religious studies and American studies-their discussion of religious studies within the academy is especially insightful. -- Andrew Preston Journal of American Studies

• PrefaceIntroduction: Is the Public Square Still Naked?Part I: Engaging State PowerChapter 1. "Favoritism Cannot Be Tolerated": Challenging Protestantism in America's Public Schools and Promoting the Neutral StateChapter 2. Selling American Diversity and Muslim American Identity through Nonprofit Advertising Post-9/11Chapter 3. "The ERA Is a Moral Issue": The Mormon Church, LDS Women, and the Defeat of the Equal Rights AmendmentChapter 4. Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change Policy DebateChapter 5. Catholics, Democrats, and the GOP in Contemporary AmericaPart II: Politics of the GlobalChapter 6. Islamism and Its African American Muslim Critics: Black Muslims in the Era of the Arab Cold WarChapter 7. "As Americans Against Genocide": The Crisis in Darfur and Interreligious Political ActivismChapter 8. From Exodus to Exile: Black Pentecostals, Migrating Pilgrims, and Imagined InternationalismChapter 9. Who Speaks for Indian Americans? Religion, Ethnicity, and Political FormationPart III: Leaders and Activists Chapter 10. Benjamin Mays, Global Ecumenism, and Local Religious SegregationChapter 11. Impossible Assimilations, American Liberalism, and Jewish Difference: Revisiting Jewish SecularismChapter 12. An Exception to Exceptionalism: A Reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr's Vision of "Prophetic" Christianity and the Problem of Religion and U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 13. Cesar Chavez in American Religious Politics: Mapping the New Global Spiritual LineChapter 14. Ties That Bind and Divisions That Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political SpectrumPart IV: Media and PerformanceChapter 15. "Signaling Through the Flames": Hell House Performance and Structures of Religious FeelingChapter 16. Critical Faith: Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil ReligionChapter 17. Back to the Future: Religion, Politics, and the MediaChapter 18. Testimonial Politics: The Christian Right's Faith-Based Approach to Marriage and ImprisonmentChapter 19. "It Will Change the World If Everybody Reads This Book": New Thought Religion in Oprah's Book ClubContributorsIndex

R. Marie Griffith is a professor of religion at Princeton University. She is the author or coeditor of several books, including Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance, also published by Johns Hopkins. Melani McAlister is an associate professor of American studies and international affairs at George Washington University. She is the author of Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since 1945.

Griffith and McAlister offer a superb historiographical overview of trends in both religious studies and American studies-their discussion of religious studies within the academy is especially insightful. -- Andrew Preston Journal of American Studies

• PrefaceIntroduction: Is the Public Square Still Naked?Part I: Engaging State PowerChapter 1. "Favoritism Cannot Be Tolerated": Challenging Protestantism in America's Public Schools and Promoting the Neutral StateChapter 2. Selling American Diversity and Muslim American Identity through Nonprofit Advertising Post-9/11Chapter 3. "The ERA Is a Moral Issue": The Mormon Church, LDS Women, and the Defeat of the Equal Rights AmendmentChapter 4. Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change Policy DebateChapter 5. Catholics, Democrats, and the GOP in Contemporary AmericaPart II: Politics of the GlobalChapter 6. Islamism and Its African American Muslim Critics: Black Muslims in the Era of the Arab Cold WarChapter 7. "As Americans Against Genocide": The Crisis in Darfur and Interreligious Political ActivismChapter 8. From Exodus to Exile: Black Pentecostals, Migrating Pilgrims, and Imagined InternationalismChapter 9. Who Speaks for Indian Americans? Religion, Ethnicity, and Political FormationPart III: Leaders and Activists Chapter 10. Benjamin Mays, Global Ecumenism, and Local Religious SegregationChapter 11. Impossible Assimilations, American Liberalism, and Jewish Difference: Revisiting Jewish SecularismChapter 12. An Exception to Exceptionalism: A Reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr's Vision of "Prophetic" Christianity and the Problem of Religion and U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 13. Cesar Chavez in American Religious Politics: Mapping the New Global Spiritual LineChapter 14. Ties That Bind and Divisions That Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political SpectrumPart IV: Media and PerformanceChapter 15. "Signaling Through the Flames": Hell House Performance and Structures of Religious FeelingChapter 16. Critical Faith: Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil ReligionChapter 17. Back to the Future: Religion, Politics, and the MediaChapter 18. Testimonial Politics: The Christian Right's Faith-Based Approach to Marriage and ImprisonmentChapter 19. "It Will Change the World If Everybody Reads This Book": New Thought Religion in Oprah's Book ClubContributorsIndex