Craig Calhoun comments on Mike Huckabee’s brand of religion and touches upon the political realignments taking place more widely within America’s evangelical communities. He goes on to provide an historical account of why religion assumes such a prominent place in the public sphere in the United States as compared to European countries. For more on American religion and politics, go to the SSRC blog The Immanent Frame, especially the posting by D. Michael Lindsay on Mike Huckabee’s new brand of evangelicalism and its coverage by in the U.S. News & World Report blog, Faith Matters, by Jay Tolson.

 

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