Religion in America

Illicit Monogamy

Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community William R. Jankowiak

Angel Park is a Mormon fundamentalist polygamous community where plural marriages between one man and multiple women are common. Based on many years of in-depth ethnographic research, Illicit Monogamy considers the plural family from the points of view of husbands, wives, and children, giving a balanced account of its complications and conflicts.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-15021-7 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-15020-0 March 2023 296 pages Going Low

How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy Finbarr Curtis

Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions. Considering the rise of illiberal politics and debates about the limits of free speech, Finbarr Curtis draws on the insights of religious studies to rethink provocation and transgression.

$28.00 / £22.00 paper 978-0-231-20573-3 $110.00 / £85.00 cloth 978-0-231-20572-6 2022 312 pages

The Sexual Politics of Black Churches

Edited by Josef Sorett

Leading writers reflect on how Black churches have participated in recent discussions about issues such as marriage equality, reproductive justice, and transgender visibility in American society. They consider the varied ways that Black people and groups negotiate the intersections of religion, race, gender, and sexuality across historical and contemporary settings.

$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-18833-3 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-19898-1 2022 280 pages

RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE

At Home and Abroad

The Politics of American Religion Edited by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

At Home and Abroad bridges the divide in the study of American religion, law, and politics between domestic and international, bringing together diverse authors to explore ties across conceptual and political boundaries. They examine the ideas, people, and institutions that provide links between domestic and foreign religious politics and policies.

$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-19899-8 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-19898-1 2021 368 pages

RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE

We Testify with Our Lives

How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter Terrence L. Johnson

Terrence L. Johnson argues that the Black radical tradition derives its force from its unacknowledged ethical and religious dimensions. We Testify with Our Lives traces Black religion’s sustained influence from SNCC to the present, reconstructing a radical lived ethics of freedom and justice.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20045-5 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20044-8 2021 312 pages Roman Catholicism in America

Second Edition

Chester Gillis

Chester Gillis chronicles the history of American Catholics from the colonial era to the present, with an emphasis on changes and challenges in the contemporary church. This second edition of Roman Catholicism in America pays particular attention to the tumultuous past twenty years.

$35.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-14267-0 $105.00 / £81.00 cloth 978-0-231-14266-3 2020 416 pages 35 illus.

COLUMBIA CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN RELIGION SERIES

Living with Hate in American Politics and Religion

How Popular Culture Can Defuse Intractable Differences Jeffrey Israel

Foreword by Martha C. Nussbaum

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE

Jeffrey Israel offers an innovative argument for the power of playfulness in popular culture to make our capacity for coexistence imaginable. He explores how people from different backgrounds can pursue justice together, even as they play with their divisive grudges, prejudices, and desires in their cultural lives.

$26.00 / £22.00 paper 978-0-231-19017-6 $65.00 / £50.00 cloth 978-0-231-19016-9 2020 392 pages