Modern American Religion, Volume 3: Under God, Indivisible, 1941-1960

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University of Chicago Press, 1986 - History - 548 pages
In this third volume of his acclaimed chronicle of faith in twentieth-century America, Martin E. Marty presents the first authoritative account of American religious culture from the entry of the United States into World War II through the Eisenhower years.

Under God, Indivisible, 1941-1960 is the first book to systematically address religion and the roles it played in shaping the social and political life of mid-century America. A work of exceptional clarity and historical depth, it will interest general readers as well as historians of American and church history.

"The series will become a standard account of the nation's variegated religious culture during the current century. The four volumes, the fruition of decades of research, may rank as much honored Marty's most significant contribution to U.S. studies."—Richard N. Ostling, Time

"When America needs some advice or commentary on the state of modern theology, the person it turns to is Martin Marty."—Publishers Weekly

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Contents

INDIVISIBLE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 19411945
23
ONE NATION EARLY IN THE COLD WAR 19451952
113
UNDER GOD DURING THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY
275
The Ultimate Fate of Protestantism Remains in Doubt
434
The Boundless Community of the Best
456
Notes
477
Index
529
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Martin E. Marty is co-director of the Fundamentalism Project and the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of modern Christianity at the University of Chicago. He is the senior editor of Christian Century. His many books include the multivolume Modern American Religion, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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