Religion & Politics
Spring 2010

Central Links Page

Chapters 1-2   Religion in American Life

Chapter 3 -     Religion and American Political Culture

Chapter 4 -     Religion and State

Chapter 5-6 - Religion and Public Policy

Chapter 7 -     Religion and Political Behavior

Chapter 8 -     Politics of Evangelical Protestants

Chapter 9 -     Politics of Other Religious Groups

Chapter 10 -   Religion and the Politics of Ethnic and Religious Minorities

Chapter 11 -   The Other Minorities: Women and Sexual Orientation

Chapter 12 -   Religion and Democracy 


Useful Links Mentioned in Class:

Updated Tables
    Religious Families in the United States, 2008
    Religious Beliefs of Major Religious Families, 2008
    Ten Largest Denominations in the United States, 2009
    Political Beliefs of Major Religious Families, 2008
    Religion and Voting, 1960 and 2000-2004

Dixie County Ten Commandments Case
   
Gainesville Sun Story about Dixie County Case
   
ACLU Legal Brief Against Dixie County

Local Faith-Based Social Service Providers (addendum to Chapters 5)
    Catholic Charities
    Christians Concerned for the Community
    Gainesville Community Ministry
    Interfaith Hospitality Network
    Salvation Army
    St. Francis House

Varieties of American Protestant Churches
    Mainline Protestant - United Church of Gainesville
    Evangelical Protestant - Tower Church    

Links to Study of Florida Constitutional Revision Commission

Jews and Politics
SES Differences between Jews and Non-Jews in the United States
Jewish Presidential Voting, 1972-2004
Contemporary Jewish Political Attitudes
American Jewish Attitudes to Religion & State
American Jewish Support for Israel