One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America
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One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America
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- One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America
- Title remainder
- how corporate America invented Christian America
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin M. Kruse
- Subject
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- Christentum
- Christianity and politics
- Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Church and state
- Church and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Conservatism
- Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Corporations -- Political activity
- Corporations -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Modern | 20th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Kirche
- Konservativismus
- New Deal (1933-1939)
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Public opinion
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Conservatism & Liberalism
- Political culture
- 1900-1999
- Politics and government
- Politik
- Public opinion
- RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State
- Religion
- Social conflict
- Social conflict -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Staat
- USA
- USA
- United States
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Religion -- 20th century
- Unternehmen
- Verenigde Staten
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of 'Christian America' is an invention--and a relatively recent one at that. As Kruse argues, the belief that America is fundamentally and formally a Christian nation originated in the 1930s when businessmen enlisted religious activists in their fight against FDR's New Deal. Corporations from General Motors to Hilton Hotels bankrolled conservative clergymen, encouraging them to attack the New Deal as a program of 'pagan statism' that perverted the central principle of Christianity: the sanctity and salvation of the individual. Their campaign for 'freedom under God' culminated in the election of their close ally Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. But this apparent triumph had an ironic twist. In Eisenhower's hands, a religious movement born in opposition to the government was transformed into one that fused faith and the federal government as never before. During the 1950s, Eisenhower revolutionized the role of religion in American political culture, inventing new traditions from inaugural prayers to the National Prayer Breakfast. Meanwhile, Congress added the phrase 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance and made 'In God We Trust' the country's first official motto. With private groups joining in, church membership soared to an all-time high of 69%. For the first time, Americans began to think of their country as an officially Christian nation. During this moment, virtually all Americans--across the religious and political spectrum--believed that their country was 'one nation under God.' But as Americans moved from broad generalities to the details of issues such as school prayer, cracks began to appear. Religious leaders rejected this 'lowest common denomination' public religion, leaving conservative political activists to champion it alone. In Richard Nixon's hands, a politics that conflated piety and patriotism became sole property of the right. Provocative and authoritative, One Nation Under God reveals how the unholy alliance of money, religion, and politics created a false origin story that continues to define and divide American politics to this day"--
- "In One Nation Under God, award-winning historian Kevin M. Kruse argues that the story of Christian America begins with the Great Depression, when a coalition of businessmen and religious leaders united in opposition to the New Deal. As Kruse shows, corporations from General Motors and Kraft Foods to J.C. Penney and Hilton Hotels, poured money into the coffers of conservative religious leaders, who in turn used those funds to attack FDR's New Deal administration as a program of "pagan statism" that perverted the central tenet of Christianity: the salvation of the individual"--
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- Dewey number
- 322/.10973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BR517
- LC item number
- .K78 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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