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Acknowledgments First, I would like to thank family and friends who have helped in so many ways: Dan and Janet Holcomb, Rachel and Jacob Shields, Bill Martin, Chance and Tonya Steed, Brian and Dawn Baty, Glenn Lucke, Rev. Paul N. Walker, Rev. Carl Dixon, Chris and Shan Willoughby, the Clay family (Crawford, Andrea, Molly, and Caroline), Scott and Susan Latimer, and Gray Saunders. Special thanks are due to Dan Conkle, Jason Danner, and Steve Murphy . You are amazing friends, but more like brothers. For those who taught me, I am deeply grateful: Walter Lowe, Charles MacKenzie, Richard Pratt, Frank James, Gary Laderman, Wendy Farley, Laurie Patton, Gordon Newby, and Vernon Robbins. I would also like to thank my colleagues and friends at the Center on Religion and Democracy and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture , both at the University of Virginia. The fellowship support I received made it possible for me to complete this book. At New York University Press, I would like to thank my editor, Jennifer Hammer, who supported the book marvelously and gave wise advice. Finally, my sincere thanks go to all the contributors to this volume. I am very grateful to them for their hard work and insightful chapters. ix ...

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