The FBI and Religion : Faith and National Security before and after 9/11 / / Steven Weitzman, Sylvester A. Johnson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910153130903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 0-520-96242-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.250973
• Soggetti: Law enforcement - United States - Religious aspects; Religion and law - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "True Faith and Allegiance"- Religion and the FBI / Johnson, Sylvester A. / Weitzman, Steven -- 1. American Religion and the Rise of Internal Security: A Prologue / Lum, Kathryn Gin / Martin, Lerone A. -- 2. "If God be for you, who can be against you?" Persecution and Vindication of the Church of God in Christ during World War I / Kornweibel, Theodore -- 3. The FBI and the Moorish Science Temple of America, 1926-1960 / Johnson, Sylvester A. -- 4. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the Religious Cold War / Kirby, Dianne -- 5. Apostles of Deceit: Ecumenism, Fundamentalism, Surveillance, and the Contested Loyalties of Protestant Clergy during the Cold War / McVicar, Michael J. -- 6. The FBI and the Catholic Church / Schmidt, Regin -- 7. Hoover's Judeo-Christians: Jews, Religion, and Communism in the Cold War / Imhoff, Sarah -- 8. Policing Public Morality: Hoover's FBI, Obscenity, and Homosexuality / Charles, Douglas M. -- 9. The FBI and the Nation of Islam / Evanzz, Karl -- 10. Dreams and Shadows: Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference / Johnson, Sylvester A. -- 11. A Vast Infi ltration: Mormonism and the FBI / Bowman, Matthew -- 12. The FBI's "Cult War" against the Branch Davidians / Wessinger, Catherine -- 13. The FBI and American Muslims after September II / Barkun, Michael -- 14. Policing Kashmiri Brooklyn / Rana, Junaid -- 15. Allies against Armageddon? ; The FBI and the Academic Study of Religion / Weitzman, Steven -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these religious communities were pacifist groups that opposed American wars, or religious groups that advocated for white supremacy or direct conflict with the FBI, the Bureau has infiltrated and surveilled religious communities that run the gamut of American religious life. The FBI and Religion recounts this fraught and fascinating history, focusing on key moments in the Bureau's history. Starting from the beginnings of the FBI before World War I, moving through the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War, up to 9/11 and today, this book tackles questions essential to understanding not only the history of law enforcement and religion, but also the future of religious liberty in America.