The FBI and Religion: Faith and National Security Before and After 9/11
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these religious communities...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkerley
University of Californiarnia Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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USA
/ Security policy
/ Religion
/ USA, Federal Bureau of Investigation
/ Religious freedom
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Collection of essays
B Electronic books B Law enforcement - United States - Religious aspects |
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Print version: Johnson, Sylvester A: The FBI and Religion : Faith and National Security before and after 9/11. - Berkeley : University of California Press,c2017. - 9780520287273 |
| Summary: | The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these religious communities were pacifist groups that opposed American wars, or religious groups that advocated for white supremacy or direct conflict with the FBI, the Bureau has infiltrated and surveilled religious communities that run the gamut of American religious life. The FBI and Religion recounts this fraught and fascinating history, focusing on key moments in the Bureau's history. Starting from the beginnings of the FBI before World War I, moving through the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War, up to 9/11 and today, this book tackles questions essential to understanding not only the history of law enforcement and religion, but also the future of religious liberty in America. Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "True Faith and Allegiance"-Religion and the FBI -- 1. American Religion and the Rise of Internal Security: A Prologue -- 2. "If God be for you, who can be against you?" Persecution and Vindication of the Church of God in Christ during World War I -- 3. The FBI and the Moorish Science Temple of America, 1926-1960 -- 4. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the Religious Cold War -- 5. Apostles of Deceit: Ecumenism, Fundamentalism, Surveillance, and the Contested Loyalties of Protestant Clergy during the Cold War -- 6. The FBI and the Catholic Church -- 7. Hoover's Judeo-Christians: Jews, Religion, and Communism in the Cold War -- 8. Policing Public Morality: Hoover's FBI, Obscenity, and Homosexuality -- 9. The FBI and the Nation of Islam -- 10. Dreams and Shadows: Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -- 11. A Vast Infiltration: Mormonism and the FBI -- 12. The FBI's "Cult War" against the Branch Davidians -- 13. The FBI and American Muslims after September 11 -- 14. Policing Kashmiri Brooklyn -- 15. Allies against Armageddon? The FBI and the Academic Study of Religion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. 6. The FBI and the Catholic Church -- 7. Hoover's Judeo-Christians: Jews, Religion, and Communism in the Cold War -- 8. Policing Public Morality: Hoover's FBI, Obscenity, and Homosexuality -- 9. The FBI and the Nation of Islam -- 10. Dreams and Shadows: Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -- 11. A Vast Infiltration: Mormonism and the FBI -- 12. The FBI's "Cult War" against the Branch Davidians -- 13. The FBI and American Muslims after September 11 -- 14. Policing Kashmiri Brooklyn 15. Allies against Armageddon? The FBI and the Academic Study of Religion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z |
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| ISBN: | 0520962427 |