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American Babylon : Christianity and democracy before and after Trump
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Title
American Babylon : Christianity and democracy before and after Trump / Philip S. Gorski.
ISBN
0429318146
1000069095
1000069117
1000069133
9780429318146
9781000069099
9781000069112
9781000069136
0367331497
9780367331498
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (132 pages)
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Biographical / Historical Note
Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University, USA. He writes on religion and politics in the USA and Europe. Recent books include American Covenant (2019).
Summary
Why did 81 percentof white evangelicals vote for Donald Trump in 2016? And what does this tell us about the relationship between Christianity and democracy in the United States? American Babylon places our present political moment against a deep historical backdrop. In Part I the author traces the development of democratic institutions from Ancient Greece through to the American Revolution and of Christian political theology from Augustine to Falwell. Part II charts the decline of democratic governance within American churches; explains the capture of evangelical Christianity by the Republican Party; and denounces the fateful embrace between white Christian nationalists and right-wing populists that culminated in Trump's victory. An accessible and timely book, American Babylon is essential reading for those concerned with the vexed relationship of religion and politics in the United States, including students and scholars in the fields of divinity, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Print version: Gorski, Philip S. American Babylon : Christianity and Democracy Before and after Trump. Milton : Routledge, ©2020
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge focus on religion
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction: American Babylon?
Part I: Elective affinities: Christianity and democracy in Western history
1 Is democracy Christian?
Prologue: elective affinities
Christian ethics and democratic politics
The four layers of Western democracy
Republican democracy
Representative democracy
Liberal democracy
The fourth layer: social democracy
Conclusion: democracy and religion
Note
References
2 Is Christianity democratic?
Ancient Israel: covenants and kings
Hello Weber
References
4 The Republican captivity
Prologue: the monkey trial
The problem: changing affinities
Foreign policy: from progressive anti-imperialism to American exceptionalism
Economic policy: from social gospel to CEO Jesus
Social policy: from Hatrack to Roe v. Wade
White supremacism: the fourth leg
Conclusion: Babylonian captivity or Republican captivity?
References
5 White Christian nationalism
Why did (white) evangelicals vote for Trump?
Evangelicalism and white Christian nationalism
White Christian nationalism: a brief history
The early Christians: siblings and patriarchs
Late antiquity: cities and empires
The middle ages: popes and councils
Reformations: communal and magisterial?
Modernity: revolution or reaction?
The modern era: dictators and democrats
Conclusion: sovereign God or triune God?
References
Part II: Changing chemistries: Christianity and democracy in American history
3 Goodbye Tocqueville?
Christianity and democracy in Tocqueville's America
From moral consensus to culture war
The anti-politics of the apocalypse
America's churches: from little republics to big firms
Trumpism as white Christian nationalism
Do white Evangelicals still support American democracy?
Conclusion: can evangelical Christianity and liberal democracy co-exist?
References
Conclusion: the Constantinian temptation
References
Index
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