Politics And Religion In France And The United States Book

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction   Alec G. Hargreaves   John Kelsay   Sumner B. Twiss     ix
Historical and Constitutional Frameworks     1
Religion, Politics, and Law in the United States in Comparative Perspective   T. Jeremy Gunn     3
Historical and Constitutional Relations between Churches and the State in France   Remy Schwartz     15
Protestantism     27
Religious Freedom and American Protestantism   David Little     29
Putting God into the City: Protestants in France   Sebastien Fath     49
Catholicism     63
The Catholic Story: The Political Consequences of Internal Pluralism   R. Scott Appleby     65
French Catholics, Secularization, and Politics   Blandine Chelini-Poni     79
Judaism     95
The American Jewish Experience   Michael Berenbaum     97
From Assimilation to Post-Republicanism: Jews in France   Michel Wieviorka     111
Islam     121
To Vote or not to Vote: The Politicization of American Islam   Liyakat Takim     123
From Migrants to Citizens: Muslims in France   Catherine Wihtol de Wenden     139
Conclusions     155
Current issues in France   Jean Bauberot     157
Politicized Religion in France and the United States: Different Histories, Common Ideals, Similar Dilemmas   Amanda Porterfield     171
Index     183
About the Contributors     197