Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension Between Faith and Power

Contents

CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Introduction 1 Kristin E. Heyer and Mark J. Rozell part i: Catholic Leaders in U.S. Politics 1. The Politics of the U.S. Catholic Bishops: The Centrality of Abortion 11 Margaret Ross Sammon 2. Political Marriage of Convenience? The Evolution of the Conservative Catholic–Evangelical Alliance in the Republican Party 27 Mark J. Rozell 3. One Church, Many Messages: The Politics of the U.S. Catholic Clergy 43 Gregory A. Smith 4. Catholics in the Political Arena: How Faith Should Inform Catholic Voters and Politicians 61 Kristin E. Heyer part ii: The Catholic Public 5. Between Church, Party, and Conscience: Protecting Life and Promoting Social Justice among U.S. Catholics 75 Mark M. Gray and Mary E. Bendyna v 6. The Myth of a Distinct Catholic Vote 93 Matthew J. Streb and Brian Frederick 7. Politics y la Iglesia: Attitudes toward the Role of Religion in Politics among Latino Catholics 113 Adrian Pantoja, Matthew Barreto, and Richard Anderson part iii: Catholics and the Federal Government 8. Catholicism, Abortion, and the Emergence of the “Culture Wars” in the U.S. Congress, 1971–2006 129 William V. D’Antonio, Steven A. Tuch, and John Kenneth White 9. Catholics and the Supreme Court: From the “Catholic Seat” to the New Majority 155 Barbara A. Perry 10. White House Outreach to Catholics 175 Thomas J. Carty part iv: International Policy and the Vatican 11. The United States–Vatican Relationship: “Parallel Endeavors for Peace,” Competing Visions of Justice 201 Paul Christopher Manuel 12. Reforming the Vatican: The Tradition of Best Practices 213 Thomas J. Reese Acknowledgments 221 Contributors 223 Index 227 vi contents ...