Jeffrey W. Robbins is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy (August 2002 to present) and Director of the College Colloquium (January 2006 to present) Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania. Neal Magee is Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Le Moyne College, 2005-2007. Slavoj Zizek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York. John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University

In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.

• Introduction; "A Taste for Theory" - John D. Caputo; 1. "Radical Religion and American Democracy" - Jeffrey W. Robbins; 2. "Prophetic Evangelicalism: Towards a Politics of Hope" - Peter Goodwin Heltzel; 3. "A Christian Politics of Vulnerability" - Anna Mercedes; 4. "Truthiness, Family Values and Conservative Consumerism" - Adam S. Miller; 5. " "The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity" - Christopher Haley and Creston Davis. 6. "Jeb Stuart's Revenge: The Civil War, the Religious Right, and American Fascism" - Clayton Crockett; 7. "In What Sense is the United States a Theocracy?" - Ben Stahlberg; 8. "Christianity, Capitalism, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republic" - Andrew Saldino; 9. "Sovereignty and State-Form" - Rocco Gangle; 10. "The Politics of Immanence" - J. Heath Atchley; 11. "An Army of One?' Subject, Signifier, and the Symbolic" - Melissa Conroy; 12. "Freedom Ain't Free: Politics and Religion at the Heart of a Muddled Concept" - Mary-Jane Rubenstein; 13. "Incongruent Beliefs and the Vitality of Fantasy: The New Politics of Religion" - Neal Magee; Postface; "Better Dead than Red - Again!" - Slavoj Zizek.

Jeffrey W. Robbins is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy (August 2002 to present) and Director of the College Colloquium (January 2006 to present) Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania. Neal Magee is Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Le Moyne College, 2005-2007. Slavoj Zizek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York. John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University

In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.

• Introduction; "A Taste for Theory" - John D. Caputo; 1. "Radical Religion and American Democracy" - Jeffrey W. Robbins; 2. "Prophetic Evangelicalism: Towards a Politics of Hope" - Peter Goodwin Heltzel; 3. "A Christian Politics of Vulnerability" - Anna Mercedes; 4. "Truthiness, Family Values and Conservative Consumerism" - Adam S. Miller; 5. " "The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity" - Christopher Haley and Creston Davis. 6. "Jeb Stuart's Revenge: The Civil War, the Religious Right, and American Fascism" - Clayton Crockett; 7. "In What Sense is the United States a Theocracy?" - Ben Stahlberg; 8. "Christianity, Capitalism, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republic" - Andrew Saldino; 9. "Sovereignty and State-Form" - Rocco Gangle; 10. "The Politics of Immanence" - J. Heath Atchley; 11. "An Army of One?' Subject, Signifier, and the Symbolic" - Melissa Conroy; 12. "Freedom Ain't Free: Politics and Religion at the Heart of a Muddled Concept" - Mary-Jane Rubenstein; 13. "Incongruent Beliefs and the Vitality of Fantasy: The New Politics of Religion" - Neal Magee; Postface; "Better Dead than Red - Again!" - Slavoj Zizek.

Jeffrey W. Robbins is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy (August 2002 to present) and Director of the College Colloquium (January 2006 to present) Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania. Neal Magee is Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Le Moyne College, 2005-2007. Slavoj Zizek is one of the world's leading contemporary cultural critics and a hugely prolific author. He is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, New York. John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University

In sum, editors Robbins and Magee have turned both to trusted senior scholars and younger voices to produce a thought-provoking, rich, and critically responsive exploration of religion in American politics from diverse and sophisticated points of view. The integration of theory, history, and political analysis on a wide range of issues across an equally wide range of perspectives make this volume a valuable addition to the debate on religion's function and place in American life.

• Introduction; "A Taste for Theory" - John D. Caputo; 1. "Radical Religion and American Democracy" - Jeffrey W. Robbins; 2. "Prophetic Evangelicalism: Towards a Politics of Hope" - Peter Goodwin Heltzel; 3. "A Christian Politics of Vulnerability" - Anna Mercedes; 4. "Truthiness, Family Values and Conservative Consumerism" - Adam S. Miller; 5. " "The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity" - Christopher Haley and Creston Davis. 6. "Jeb Stuart's Revenge: The Civil War, the Religious Right, and American Fascism" - Clayton Crockett; 7. "In What Sense is the United States a Theocracy?" - Ben Stahlberg; 8. "Christianity, Capitalism, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republic" - Andrew Saldino; 9. "Sovereignty and State-Form" - Rocco Gangle; 10. "The Politics of Immanence" - J. Heath Atchley; 11. "An Army of One?' Subject, Signifier, and the Symbolic" - Melissa Conroy; 12. "Freedom Ain't Free: Politics and Religion at the Heart of a Muddled Concept" - Mary-Jane Rubenstein; 13. "Incongruent Beliefs and the Vitality of Fantasy: The New Politics of Religion" - Neal Magee; Postface; "Better Dead than Red - Again!" - Slavoj Zizek.