Of late, religion seems to be everywhere, suffusing U.S. politics and popular culture and acting as both a unifying and a divisive force. This collection of manifestos, Supreme Court decisions, congressional testimonies, speeches, articles, book excerpts, pastoral letters, interviews, song lyrics, memoirs, and poems reflects the vitality, diversity, and changing nature of religious belief and practice in American public and private life over the last half century. Encompassing a range of perspectives, this book illustrates the ways in which individuals from all along the religious and political spectrum have engaged religion and viewed it as a crucial aspect of society.
The anthology begins with documents that reflect the close relationship of religion, especially mainline Protestantism, to essential ideas undergirding Cold War America. Covering both the center and the margins of American religious life, this volume devotes extended attention to how issues of politics, race, gender, and sexuality have influenced the religious mainstream. A series of documents reflects the role of religion and theology in the civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements as well as in conservative responses. Issues regarding religion and contemporary American culture are explored in documents about the rise of the evangelical movement and the religious right; the impact of "new" (post-1965) immigrant communities on the religious landscape; the popularity of alternative, New Age, and non-Western beliefs; and the relationship between religion and popular culture.
The editors conclude with selections exploring major themes of American religious life at the millennium, including both conservative and New Age millennialism, as well as excerpts that speculate on the future of religion in the United States.
The documents are grouped by theme into nine chapters and arranged chronologically therein. Each chapter features an extensive introduction providing context for and analysis of the critical issues raised by the primary sources.
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- Introduction: Religion and American Life Since World War II
- Editors’ Acknowledgments
- Part 1 Religion in Cold War America: Cultures and Countercultures
- Chapter 1 Mainline Religion and the Cold War
- 1. HAROLD JOHN OCKENGA, “CONVOCATION ADDRESS FOR FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY” (1947)
- 2. FULTON J. SHEEN, PEACE OF SOUL (1949)
- 3. REINHOLD NIEBUHR, “THE INNOCENT NATION I NAN INNOCENT WORLD” (1952)
- 4. “LETTER TO THE PRESBYTERIANS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY” (1953)
- 5. DOROTHY DAY, “OUR BROTHERS, THE COMMUNISTS” (1949, 1953)
- 6. WILL HERBERG, “PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC, JEW” (1955)
- 7. THE CHURCH LEAGUE OF AMERICA, “A MANUAL FOR SURVIVAL” (1961) J. B. MATTHEWS, CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN CLERGYMEN (1963)
- 8. J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, “THE ARROGANCE OF POWER” 1966)
- 9. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, “THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE” (1983)
- 10. RONALD REAGAN, “NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS; REMARKS AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA” (1983)
- Chapter 2 Religion and the Counterculture
- 1. ALLEN GINSBERG, “A BLAKE EXPERIENCE” (1966)
- 2. ALAN WATTS, “BEGINNING A COUNTERCULTURE” (FROM IN MY OWN WAY, 1972), “PSYCHEDELICS AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE” (FROM DOES IT MATTER?, 1971)
- 3. CHARLES REICH, THE GREENING OF AMERICA (1970)
- 4. TIMOTHY LEARY, “INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE” (FROM CHANGING MY MIND, AMONG OTHERS, 1982)
- 5. RAM DASS, REMEMBER, BE HERE NOW (1971)
- 6. DANIEL BERRIGAN, “BERRIGAN AT CORNELL” (1968)
- 7. SHIRLEY MACLAINE, GOING WITHIN (1989)
- 8. MEDICINE STORY, “SOMEWHERE UNDER THE RAINBOW”(1991)
- 9. SHUNRYU SUZUKI, “POSTURE” (1970)
- 10. GARY SNYDER, THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD (1990)
- 11. DUANE PEDERSON, THE JESUS PEOPLE (1971) HILEY WARD, THE FAR-OUT SAINTS OF THE JESUS COMMUNES (1971)
- 12. KEITH HARRARY, “THE TRUTH ABOUT JONESTOWN” (1992)
- 13. FRITJOF CAPRA, “MODERN PHYSICS” (FROM THE TAO OF PHYSICS, 1983)
- Part 2 Gender, Race, and Politics in American Religion Since 1945
- Chapter 3 Religion and the Civil Rights Movement
- 1. MARTIN LUTHER KING, “LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL” (1963)
- 2. STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC), “FREEDOM SONGS” (1960s)
- 3. SNCC STATEMENT OF PURPOSE (1960) JAMES M. LAWSON JR., “WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE THE ‘MORAL ISSUE’” (1960)
- 4. MARY KING, FREEDOM SONG (1987)
- 5. MALCOLM X, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X (1965)
- 6. JAMES H. CONE, “THE WHITE CHURCH AND BLACK POWER” (1969); “GOD IS BLACK” (1970)
- 7. COMMITTEE OF BLACK CHURCHMEN, “THE BLACK MANIFESTO” (1969); “BLACK POWER” (1966)
- 8. VINCENT HARDING, “BLACK POWER AND THE AMERICAN CHRIST” (1967)
- 9. JACQUELYN GRANT, “BLACK THEOLOGY AND THE BLACK WOMAN” (1980)
- 10. CÉSAR A. CHÁVEZ, “THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN AND THE CHURCH” (1968)
- 11. LUIS FONTÁNEZ, “THE THEOLOGY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE” (1974)
- 12. VINE DELORIA JR., GOD IS RED (1973)
- 13. “A PUBLIC DECLARATION TO THE TRIBAL COUNCILS AND TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF THE INDIAN AND ESKIMO PEOPLES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST” (1987)
- Chapter 4 Religion and Gender
- 1. “THE METHODIST CHURCH DEBATES EQUALITY FOR WOMEN MINISTERS” (1956)
- 2. MARY DALY, GYN/ECOLOGY (1983)
- 3. BEVERLY WILDUNG HARRISON, “THE POWER OF ANGERIN THE WORK OF LOVE: CHRISTIAN ETHICS FOR WOMEN AND OTHER STRANGERS” (1981)
- 4. AUDRE LORDE, “AN OPEN LETTER TO MARY DALY” (1979)
- 5. CYNTHIA OZICK, JUDITH PLASKOW, ELSYE GOLDSTEIN: JEWISH FEMINIST THEOLOGY (1979, 1983, 1981)
- 6. SHAINA SARA HANDELMAN, “MODESTY AND THE JEWISH WOMAN” (1981)
- 7. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS ON WIFELY SUBMISSION (1998, 2002)
- 8. PAULI MURRAY, “A STUMBLING BLOCK TO FAITH” (FROM SONG IN A WEARY THROAT, 1987)
- 9. SISTER TERESITA BASSO, “THE EMERGING ‘CHICANA’”(1971)
- 10. WOMEN IN NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGION AND HEALING (1967–69)
- 11. STARHAWK, “WITCHCRAFT AND WOMEN’S CULTURE”(1977)
- 12. KAREN MCCARTHY BROWN, “WHY WOMEN NEED THE WAR GOD” (1984)
- 13. RITA GROSS, BUDDHISM AFTER PATRIARCHY (1993)
- Chapter 5 Politics and Religion Since the 1960s
- 1. SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY, “ADDRESS TO THE GREATER HOUSTON MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION” (1960)
- 2. SUPREME COURT DECISION, ENGEL V. VITALE (1962)
- 3. ABRAHAM J. HESCHEL, “THE MORAL OUTRAGE OF VIETNAM” (1967)
- 4. RESPONSES TO ROE V. WADE: CHRISTIANITY TODAY, “ABORTION AND THE COURT” (1973) JOSEPH F. DONCEEL, S.J., “A LIBERAL CATHOLIC’S VIEW”(1970)
- 5. JESSE JACKSON, “SPEECH AT THE 1984 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO, CA”
- 6. U.S. BISHOPS’ 1987 PASTORAL LETTER
- 7. PATRICK J. BUCHANAN, “1992 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SPEECH”
- 8. LOUIS FARRAKHAN, “MINISTER FARRAKHAN CHALLENGES BLACK MEN” (TRANSCRIPT FROM REMARKS AT THE MILLION MAN MARCH) (1995)
- 9. JAMES DOBSON, “AN EVANGELICAL RESPONSE TO BILL CLINTON” (1998)
- 10. TEACHING EVOLUTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- Part 3 Religion and American Life in the United States: To the Millennium
- Chapter 6 Popular Religion
- 1. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE AND SMILEY BLANTON, “HOWTO MAKE THE MOST OF YOU” (1956) / ROBERT H. SCHULLER, “LIFE CHANGERS” (1981)
- 2. L. RON HUBBARD, “TWO RULES FOR HAPPY LIVING”(1965)
- 3. TOM GEARHART, “JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: A TURNING POINT IN MUSIC” (1971)
- 4. KENNETH TAYLOR, PREFACE TO THE LIVING BIBLE (1971)
- 5. BILLY GRAHAM, “ANGELS IN OUR LIVES TODAY” (FROM ANGELS: GOD’S SECRET AGENTS, 1975)
- 6. CAROL FLAKE, REDEMPTORAMA (1984)
- 7. JASON E. MCBRIDE, “GOTHS FOR JESUS” (1999)/MICHAEL L. KEENE, “THE CHURCH ON THE WEB” (1999)
- 8. ZAIN BHIKHA, “PRAISE THE PROPHET” (2000)/JONATHAN SCHORSCH, “MAKING JUDAISM COOL” (2000)
- 9. LOU CARLOZO, “JABEZ: BIBLICAL BIT PLAYER TO POP-CULTURE PHENOM” (2001)
- Chapter 7 Revitalization Movements in American Christianity
- 1. BILLY GRAHAM, “WATERSHED: LOS ANGELES, 1949”
- 2. HARVEY COX, FIRE FROM HEAVEN (1994)
- 3. PENTECOSTAL “RACIAL RECONCILIATION MANIFESTO,” /“MEMPHIS 1994: MIRACLE AND MANDATE” (1994)
- 4. ALBERT CLEAGE, “LET’S NOT WASTE THE HOLY SPIRIT”(1972)
- 5. PETER WAGNER, “WE ARE AT WAR” (FROM WRESTLING WITH DARK ANGELS, 1990)
- 6. MYRTLE LINCOLN, “A PENTECOSTAL CONVERSION” (1970)
- 7. PATRICK J. BUCHANAN, “BLESSED SACRAMENT” (FROM RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, 1990)
- 8. RALPH REED, ACTIVE FAITH (1996)
- 9. RONALD SIDER, “A STATEMENT OF INTENT” (FROM EVANGELICALS AND DEVELOPMENT, 1981), “OUR HISTORIC MOMENT” (FROM ONE-SIDED CHRISTIANITY, 1993)
- 10. STEVE CHARLESTON, “THE OLD TESTAMENT OF NATIVE AMERICA” (1990)
- 11. DONALD E. MILLER, “THE REINVENTED CHURCH: STYLES AND STRATEGIES” (1999)
- Chapter 8 New Immigrant Communities
- 1. D. T. SUZUKI, “WHAT IS ZEN?” (1959)/CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, MEDITATION IN ACTION (1969)
- 2. MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI, TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION (1963)
- 3. RICHARD RODRIGUEZ, “THE ‘MINORITY STUDENT’”(1982)
- 4. ANDRÉS TAPIA, “VIVAN LOS EVANGELICOS!” (1991)
- 5. MOISES SANDOVAL, “HUDDLED MASSES: THE HISTORY OF OUR IMMIGRANT CHURCH” (2000)
- 6. BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR, “VISHNU’S ALMONDS” (2000)
- 7. ADITI BANERJEE, “HINDU-AMERICANS: AN EMERGING IDENTITY IN AN INCREASINGLY HYPHENATED WORLD”(2003)
- 8. MUZAMMIL H. SIDDIQI, “HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM”(2003) / SARAJI UMM ZAID, “MAKE WAY FOR THE WOMEN! WHY YOUR MOSQUE SHOULD BE WOMAN FRIENDLY” (2003)
- Chapter 9 Religion, the New Age, and the New Millennium
- 1. HARVEY COX, “THE BIBLICAL SOURCES OF SECULARIZATION” (FROM THE SECULAR CITY, 1965),RELIGION IN THE SECULAR CITY (1984)
- 2. HAL LINDSEY, THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH (1970
- 3. JERRY FALWELL, “A BIBLICAL LOOK INTO THE 21ST CENTURY” (1999)/ LARRY NORMAN, “I WISH WE’D ALL BEEN READY” (1970S)
- 4. MICHAEL BARKUN, “REFLECTIONS AFTER WACO: MILLENNIALISTS AND THE STATE” (1993)
- 5. JAMES REDFIELD WEB SITE, “THE CELESTINE INSIGHTS”; READER RESPONSES FROM AMAZON.COM; /DENNIS POLLOCK, “THE CELESTINE PROPHECY: HEAVENLY INSIGHT OR NEW AGE FRAUD?” (1999)
- 6. 1993 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS, “TOWARDS A GLOBAL ETHIC”; RESPONSE FROM BUDDHISTS AND FRIENDS
- 7. STEPHEN CARTER, THE CULTURE OF DISBELIEF (1993)
- 8. MICHAEL LERNER, “THE FOUNDING EDITORIAL STATEMENT,” TIKKUN (1986)
- 9. TIKKUN MAGAZINE WRITERS, “RELIGIOUS VISIONS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM” (2000)
- 10. ELIZABETH LESSER, THE NEW AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY(1999)
- 11. SUHEIR HAMMAD, “FIRST WRITING SINCE” (2001)
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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