02793nam 2200565 450 991081335530332120230804175342.01-5017-5922-110.1515/9781501759239(CKB)5600000000015043(MiAaPQ)EBC6514905(OCoLC)1243909959(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94433(DE-B1597)583000(DE-B1597)9781501759239(StDuBDS)EDZ0002755062(EXLCZ)99560000000001504320220412e20222021 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFaith in freedom propaganda, presidential politics, and the making of an American religion /Andrew R. Polk[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2022.1 online resource (268 pages)Cornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2021.1-5017-5924-8 1-5017-5923-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Cornell scholarship online.Christianity and politicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945PropagandaCold WarPropagandaPropaganda, AmericanMoral and ethical aspectsChristianity and politicsHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Propaganda.Cold WarPropaganda.Propaganda, AmericanMoral and ethical aspects.303.375097309044Polk Andrew R.1980-1694953StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910813355303321Faith in freedom4073863UNINA