LEADER 03895nam 22006134a 450 001 9910777598803321 005 20221110015220.0 010 $a0-231-50931-6 024 7 $a10.7312/alli12154 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445304 035 $a(EBL)908500 035 $a(OCoLC)213305351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235511 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235511 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247050 035 $a(PQKB)10996478 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908500 035 $a(DE-B1597)458592 035 $a(OCoLC)979953809 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231509312 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183615 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL666639 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445304 100 $a20030612d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligion in America since 1945 $ea history /$fPatrick Allitt 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 1 $aColumbia histories of modern American life 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12155-5 311 $a0-231-12154-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-299) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Anxious Victory: 1945-1952 --$t2. Religion and Materialism: 1950-1970 --$t3. Religion, Respect, and Social Change: 1955-1968 --$t4. New Frontiers and Old Boundaries: 1960-1969 --$t5. Shaking the Foundations: 1963-1972 --$t6. Alternative Religious Worlds: 1967-1982 --$t7. Evangelicals and Politics: 1976-1990 --$t8. The Christian Quest for Justice and Wisdom: 1980-1995 --$t9. Profits, Profligates, and Prophets: 1987-1995 --$t10. The New World Order: 1989-1999 --$t11. Fears, Threats, and Promises: 1990-2000 --$t12. The New Millennium: 2001 --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aMoving far beyond the realm of traditional "church history," Patrick Allitt here offers a vigorous and erudite survey of the broad canvas of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations and also in less formal religious movements, he asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the most important and divisive issues and events of the last half century: the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, feminism and the sexual revolution, abortion rights, the antinuclear and environmentalist movements, and many others. Allitt argues that the boundaries between religious and political discourse have become increasingly blurred in the last fifty years. Having been divided along denominational lines in the early postwar period, religious Americans had come by the 1980's to be divided along political lines instead, as they grappled with the challenges of modernity and secularism. Partly because of this politicization, and partly because of the growing influence of Asian, Latino, and other ethnic groups, the United States is anomalous among the Western industrialized nations, as church membership and religious affiliation generally increased during this period. Religion in America Since 1945 is a masterful analysis of this dynamism and diversity and an ideal starting point for any exploration of the contemporary religious scene. 410 0$aColumbia histories of modern American life. 606 $aRELIGION / History$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xReligion$y1945- 615 7$aRELIGION / History. 676 $a200/.973/09045 700 $aAllitt$b Patrick$0473438 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777598803321 996 $aReligion in America since 1945$93703930 997 $aUNINA