Religion, race, and Barack Obama's new democratic pluralism / edited by Gastón Espinosa.

Religion, race, and Barack Obama's new democratic pluralism / edited by Gastón Espinosa.

Contrary to popular claims, religion played a critical role in Barack Obama's 2008 election as president of the United States. Religion, race, and gender entered the national and electoral dialogue in an unprecedented manner. What stood out most in the 2008 presidential campaign was not that Re...

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Contributors: Espinosa, Gastón
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge research in American politics and governance ; 2.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Presidents > United States > Election > 2008.
Religion and politics > United States > History > 21st century.
Cultural pluralism > United States > History > 21st century.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 21st century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Religion, politics, and American society / Gastón Espinosa
  • Mainline Protestants and the 2008 election / Laura R. Olson, Adam L. Warber, Kevin R. den Dulk
  • Evangelicals and the 2008 election / Corwin Smidt
  • Catholics and the 2008 election / David C. Leege and Stephen T. Mockabee
  • Jews and the 2008 election / Kenneth Wald
  • Muslims and the 2008 election / Brian Calfano, Paul A. Djupe, John C. Green
  • Seculars and the 2008 election / Lyman Kellstedt and James L. Guth
  • Women, religion, and the 2008 election / Katherine Knutson
  • African Americans, religion, and the 2008 election / Valerie Cooper and Corwin Smidt
  • Latinos, religion, and the 2008 election / Gastón Espinosa
  • Asian Americans, religion, and the 2008 election / So Young Kim and Russell Jeung
  • Conclusion.

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