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
Into American Cities and states to dominate, his words, dominate demonstrators in the wake of the poli killing of george floyd a week ago. What would be comical if it wasnt so dangerous and destructive. The president spoke from the rose garden. Even though he called himself the ally of protesters, troops were moving on what until moments before had been a peaceful crowd at Lafayette Park across from the white house. Youre seeing what happened right there. That was had been a peaceful crowd. Throughout his brief remarks, forces of what he called law and order were creating chaos unlike anything seen in washington in decades. As you listen to what the president said, were going to show you also what was happening at the exact same moment just a couple hundred yards away. I am mobilizing all federal resources, civilian and military, to stop the rioting and looting to end the destruction and arson and protect the rights of law abiding americans, including your Second Amendment rights. Ther
American history article john butler challenged historians of modern america to Pay Attention to religion. In particular, he noted, religion of the continuing importance in 20th century american politics deserves sustained attention and analysis. Scholars of american religious history have proliferated over the past 15 years, yet in political history, religion has often retained a jackinthebox quality colorful, surprising, anomalous, idiosyncratic, but left on the periphery to pop up occasionally rather than systematically. Today, our roundtable will address how religion matters in american political history, and we will do so in three ways. First, i will ask each of our panelists to focus on a way in which religion matters that is, in their own research, how religion plays a role in spaces that they are working on, but also how centering religion in these spaces gives us a different narrative, a different story than if it were on the periphery or ignored in an way. Second, we will tal
Words of violence doesnt stop and a surprise maybe you can see there he left the white house and walked across to a church that had been damaged in the unrest us. Were broken and were disgusted and cannot normalise this pain not on the Entertainment Industry calls for a blackout daughter torchwood. Unprecedented night and the United States the protests continue for a 7th day of the killing of george floyd in Police Custody he died after he was penned down for 9 minutes by a Police Officer and official autopsy has now concluded his death was homicide involving neck compression and bears out the findings of an independent autopsy which said floyd died from. Lets talk about tonight chaotic scenes outside the white house. Police cleared a peaceful protest using tear gas and stun grenades at the moment that was happening in the garden across the sort of the white house president on a trump threatened to deploy the military nationwide unless a state Governor Scott the sometimes violent demon