The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775 - Paperback

by Cara Lea Burnidge (Editor), Lauren Frances Turek (Editor)

Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from the American Revolution through the present day.

Author Biography

Cara Lea Burnidge is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Northern Iowa where she researches and teaches courses on the history of religion and U.S. politics in the long Progressive Era. She is the author of A Peaceful Conquest: Woodrow Wilson, Religion, and the New World Order (2016).

Lauren Frances Turek is an Associate Professor of History at Trinity University, where she teaches courses on modern U.S. foreign relations and political history. She is the author of To Bring the Good News to All Nations: Evangelical Influence on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Relations (2020).