Amy E. Black is Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College. A former APSA Congressional Fellow, her book projects include Five Views on Church and Politics (2015), Honoring God in Red or Blue (2012), and Religion and American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives (2010). Douglas L. Koopman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Calvin University.

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• 1. Introduction: civil religion and the necessity of pluralism; Part I. Context: 2. Religion and political culture: connections and tensions; 3. American religious influences: the first two centuries; Part II. Religious Traditions: 4. Protestantism and its pervasive influence on civil religion; 5. Catholics: from exclusion to inclusion; 6. Minority religious movements: pluralism expanded; 7. The religiously unaffiliated and seculars: a growing force; Part III. Contemporary Divisions: 8. Sources of division in the American political culture; 9. Religion's role in social healing; 10. Alternative visions of national identity; 11. Conclusion: divisible or indivisible?.

Amy E. Black is Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College. A former APSA Congressional Fellow, her book projects include Five Views on Church and Politics (2015), Honoring God in Red or Blue (2012), and Religion and American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives (2010). Douglas L. Koopman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Calvin University.

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• 1. Introduction: civil religion and the necessity of pluralism; Part I. Context: 2. Religion and political culture: connections and tensions; 3. American religious influences: the first two centuries; Part II. Religious Traditions: 4. Protestantism and its pervasive influence on civil religion; 5. Catholics: from exclusion to inclusion; 6. Minority religious movements: pluralism expanded; 7. The religiously unaffiliated and seculars: a growing force; Part III. Contemporary Divisions: 8. Sources of division in the American political culture; 9. Religion's role in social healing; 10. Alternative visions of national identity; 11. Conclusion: divisible or indivisible?.

Amy E. Black is Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College. A former APSA Congressional Fellow, her book projects include Five Views on Church and Politics (2015), Honoring God in Red or Blue (2012), and Religion and American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives (2010). Douglas L. Koopman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Calvin University.

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• 1. Introduction: civil religion and the necessity of pluralism; Part I. Context: 2. Religion and political culture: connections and tensions; 3. American religious influences: the first two centuries; Part II. Religious Traditions: 4. Protestantism and its pervasive influence on civil religion; 5. Catholics: from exclusion to inclusion; 6. Minority religious movements: pluralism expanded; 7. The religiously unaffiliated and seculars: a growing force; Part III. Contemporary Divisions: 8. Sources of division in the American political culture; 9. Religion's role in social healing; 10. Alternative visions of national identity; 11. Conclusion: divisible or indivisible?.