American religious democracy : coming to terms with the end of secular politics / by Bruce Ledewitz.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-225) and index.

Pt. I. The collapse of American secular democracy -- 1. The presidential election of 2004 -- 2. The establishment and content of the American secular consensus -- 3. Cracks in the foundations of the American secular consensus -- 4. Religious elements in American constitutional democracy -- 5. Religious elements in deep political life -- 6. The separation of church and state in principle -- 7. The separation of church and state in constitutional doctrine -- Pt. II. Is religious democracy possible? -- 8. How does our constitution change? -- 9. The problems of religion in democracy -- 10. The constitutional doctrines of religious democracy -- 11. The theology of religious democracy -- 12. The political theory and policies of religious democracy -- Pt. III. The religious void in American political life -- 13. The current political imbalance in American religious democracy -- 14. Biblical religion and secular believers -- 15. The radical politics of biblical religion -- 16. God, the secular voter, and American political life -- Conclusion : the coming religious renewal of the democratic left -- Afterword : the 2006 midterm election.