Our group and then we will get started. 22 ago, there is a switch. Thank you. There is a switch on the mics. In a journal of American History article, john butler challenged historians of modern america to Pay Attention to religion. In particular, he noted religions continuing importance in 20th century american politics deserves sustained attention and analysis. Scholarship in american religious history has proliferated over the past 15 years. In political history, religion has retained a jackinthebox quality, colorful, surprising, anomalous, idiosyncratic, but left on the periphery to pop up occasionally rather than systematically. Today, our roundtable will inress how religion matters american political history and we will do so in three ways. First, i blast each of our panelists to focus on a way in which religion matters, in their own research, how religion plays that they arees working on, but also how centering religion gives us a different narrative, different story than if it
American history tv continues now with a look at the influence of religion on u. S. Politics and Foreign Policy in the 20th century. From purdue university, this is an hour and a half. Thank you all for coming. Im ronit stahl. Ill be chairing this roundtable today. Ill give a brief overview of how it came to be and what well talk about and quickly introduce our group. Then well get started. 15 years ago in is your mike on . There we go. Thank you. Theres a switch on the mikes. 15 years ago in a journal of American History article, john butler challenged historians of modern america to Pay Attention to religion. In particular, he noted, religions continuing importance contains analysis. In political history religion has retained in butlers evocative term, a jack in the box view. Today our roundtable will address how religion matters in american political history and well do so in three ways. First ill each panelist to focus on a way in which religion matters. That is in their own resear
But politicians see immigration as a way to demagogue votes. There is no more visceral issue in American History than race. And immigration. You combine the two, and this is the first time it is really done it is against the irish in the 1850s, but this is the time it really takes gains weight. And it works. The mark of a great talk is when we have to interrupt the questioning for the next speaker. Thank you, andrew. My pleasure. We have more road to the white house Coverage Today with hillary clinton. Shell be campaigning at the Florida State fair grounds in tampa. Cspan will have live coverage of that starting at 4 30 eastern this afternoon. Hillary clinton won the states march primary with more than 64 of the vote. And she takes 141 of floridas democratic delegates to mondays convention. Live coverage from florida begins at 4 30 eastern. Next, on American History tv, history professor rabbi Lance Sussman discusses representative Emanuel Celler a new york democrat who served in the u
This past week, famed atheist Richard Dawkins explained he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising his civilization, Dawkins stated, “I do think that we are culturally a Christian country. I call