Hellfire Nation: The Politics Of Sin In American History

This extraordinary retelling of American political history shows that--despite the clear separation of church and state--religion lies at the heart of American politics.
""This is American history the way I like it, prodigiously researched and vivaciously told. Mr. Morone has a knack for peeling off veneers, for locating the surprising fact, for adopting the unexpected and illuminating slant. He is a rarity, a scholar who is never boring."--Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Soul of a New Machine
"""Hellfire Nation places] much of our public life in its proper soul-searching context--and its careful anatomy of the hand-in-glove relations between the American state and the American faithful is both welcome and illuminating."--Chris Lehmann, "Washington Post Book World"