Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States

Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we.
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

-- From the nineteenth-century hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers"

What keeps America a country of religious practice and traditional values? How has the U.S. avoided suc-cumbing to total secularism? The answer to these provocative questions is found in the religious commun-ities of America today: In the past thi...