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Autore |
Polk Andrew R. <1980-> |
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Titolo |
Faith in freedom : propaganda, presidential politics, and the making of an American religion / / Andrew R. Polk [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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Collana |
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Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christianity and politics - United States - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda |
Cold War - Propaganda |
Propaganda, American - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: religion, war, and unity -- Removing unnecessary and artificial divisions -- Uniting against a common foe -- Building a better world -- Filling the void -- Finding the space between church and state -- Being religious in America -- Conclusion: lasting legacies of an American faith. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 'Faith in Freedom', Andrew R. Polk argues that the American civil religion so many have identified as indigenous to the founding ideology was, in fact, the result of a strategic campaign of religious propaganda. Far from being the natural result of the nation's religious underpinning or the later spiritual machinations of conservative Protestants, American civil religion and the resultant 'Christian nationalism' of today were crafted by secular elites in the middle of the twentieth century. Polk's genealogy of the national motto, 'In God We Trust,' revises the very meaning of the contemporary American nation. |
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