By Corbett, Michael, Corbett, Julia Mitchell, 1999
Politics and Religion in the United States provides a comprehensive view of the ways in which politics and religion have interacted with each other in the U.S. from the days of the early colonial period through the 1990s. This book is unique in that it sets the contemporary discussion of this important and engrossing topic in the larger context of the entire scope of U.S. history. By tracing significant themes through a long span of time, this text enables students to see that the event of the 1990s have their roots in a long process of development.