Religious Interests in Community Conflict: Beyond the Culture Wars

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h v Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures vii Acknowledgments xi IntroductIon 1 Toward a Fuller Understanding of Religion and Politics 3 Paul A. Djupe & Laura R. Olson Part I: Moral concerns 2 God and Gaming: Community Conflict over a 17 Proposed Indian Casino in West Michigan James M. Penning & Andrew Storteboom 3 Sweet Land of Liberty: The Gay Marriage 51 Amendment in Nevada David F. Damore, Ted G. Jelen, & Michael W. Bowers 4 Clergy and Controversy: A Study of Clergy and 73 Gay Rights in Columbus, Ohio Paul A. Djupe, Jacob R. Neiheisel, & Anand Edward Sokhey Part II: socIal JustIce 5 Religious Interests in Community Collaboration: 103 The Quiet Fight for Health Care in South Omaha Sue E. S. Crawford 6 Homelessness, Ecumenism, and Politics in Racine, 123 Wisconsin Laura R. Olson Part III: relIgIon In the PublIc square 7 Religious Interests and the Martin Luther King Jr. 145 Holiday in Greenville, South Carolina James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, Joshua Copeland, & Christine Rowland 8 Salt Lake City’s Main Street Plaza Controversy 173 J. Quin Monson & Kara L. Norman Part IV: race relatIons 9 From Riots to Reconciliation: The Religious Interests 197 Involved in Healing Cincinnati after Racial Unrest Anand Edward Sokhey 10 Unity in the Face of the Faceless: Clergy Opposition 229 to the Ku Klux Klan in Northwest Arkansas Franklyn C. Niles conclusIon 11 A Meditation on and Metawanalysis of the Public 253 Presence of Religious Interests Paul A. Djupe & Laura R. Olson Notes 281 References 291 About the Contributors 325 Index 329 vi Table of Contents ...