Red state religion faith and politics in americas heartland wuthnow robert isbn 9780691160894 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In red state religion robert wuthnow tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in kansas from territorial days to the present he examines how faith mixed with politics as both. In red state religion robert wuthnow tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in kansas from territorial days to the present he examines how faith mixed with politics as both ordinary kansans and leaders such as john brown carrie nation william allen white and dwight eisenhower struggled over the pivotal issues of their times from slavery and prohibition to populism and anti communism beyond providing surprising new explanations of why kansas became a conservative . No state has voted republican more consistently or widely or for longer than kansas to understand red state politics kansas is the place it is also the place to understand red state religion the kansas board of education has repeatedly challenged the teaching of evolution kansas voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional ban on gay marriage the state is a hotbed of antiabortion