1 online resource (xxi, 554 pages), Of late, religion seems to be everywhere, suffusing U.S. politics and popular culture and acting as both a unifying and 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, Includes bibliographical references and index, pt. 1. Religion in Cold War America: cultures and countercultures -- pt. 2. Gender, race, and politics in American religion since 1945 -- pt. 3 Religion and American life in the United States: to the millennium