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New Day Begun presents the findings of the first major research project on black churches civic involvement since C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya s landmark study The Black Church in the African American Experience. Since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the scale and scope of African American churches civic involvement have changed significantly: the number of African American clergy serving in elective and appointive offices has noticeably increased, as have joint efforts by black churches and government agencies to implement...

Using an evidenced-based, social-scientific approach to religion Kenneth D. Wald and Allison Calhoun-Brown challenge the perception that religious influence in American politics is a problem to be solved. Contending that religion is a form of social-identification that shapes the ideas about politics we entertain, the behavior of political elites and ordinary citizens, the interpretation of public laws, and the development of government programs the authors show how religion plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at large. Now in its eighth...

Using an evidenced-based, social-scientific approach to religion Kenneth D. Wald and Allison Calhoun-Brown challenge the perception that religious influence in American politics is a problem to be solved. Contending that religion is a form of social-identification that shapes the ideas about politics we entertain, the behavior of political elites and ordinary citizens, the interpretation of public laws, and the development of government programs the authors show how religion plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at large. Now in its eighth...