Are Religion and Politics Indivisible? Models for Pluralist Democracies

Dr. Amy E. Black, Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College (IL) will share ideas from her forthcoming book, Civil Religion and the Renewal of American Politics. She rejects strict secularism and Christian nationalism, suggesting instead that an inclusive civil religion is the best model for the interplay of religion and politics in a pluralist democracy like the United States.

Amy E. Black earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at M.I.T. A specialist in American Government, her research interests include religion and politics, the Presidency, and Congress. She is a past president of Christians in Political Science and served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the office of Representative Melissa A. Hart.