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Mediating Religion and Government Political Institutions and the Policy Process Edited by
Kevin R. den Dulk and Elizabeth A. Oldmixon
ISBN 978-1-349-48392-1 DOI 10.1057/9781137389756
ISBN 978-1-137-38975-6 (eBook)
MEDIATING RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
Copyright © Kevin R. den Dulk and Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-39440-8 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mediating religion and government : political institutions and the policy process / edited by Elizabeth A. Oldmixon and Kevin R. den Dulk. pages cm.—(Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Religion and politics—United States. 2. Religion and state—United States. I. Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne, editor of compilation. II. Dulk, Kevin R. den, editor of compilation. BL2525.M435 2014 322.10973—dc23
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To Booth Fowler and Ken Wald Who model what it means to be teacher-scholars
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Contents List of Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgments
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1 An Institutionalist Perspective on Religion and Politics Kevin R. den Dulk and Elizabeth A. Oldmixon
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2 Political Rhetoric and Institutional Structures: Religious Advocacy in the US Congress Michael T. Heaney and Elizabeth A. Oldmixon
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Religious Market Interest Groups: Do They Sing with an Upper Class Accent? J. Tobin Grant, Sandy H. Kim, and Robert Velez
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Religion and Political Parties: Mediation in the Mass Party Era Brian Calfano
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5 Serving God by Shaping Law: Religious Legal Advocacy in the United States Daniel Bennett
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6 Religion in the American Congress: The Case of the US House of Representatives, 1953–2013 James L. Guth
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7 The Importance of Religion to Understanding the
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