How influential is religion in American politics?   Order Description  I want it to be as easy as possible, don’t use difficult phrases or words, the essay needs to be 700 words, excluding the references %10 above or below. I’m not sure how many references should be included, but you should know. put as much as you feel enough. Do not use any BOOKS, only online sources and online articles please.  If it is possible, it would be sooooo helpful if you use most of the references from that list  Basic, required reading: S. Bruce (2003) ‘Religion’, chapter 22 in Singh (ed) Governing America, The Politics of a Divided Democracy, pp 410-427 Recommended reading: * D. Campbell & R. Putnam (2012) ‘God and Caesar in America: Why Mixing Religion and Politics is Bad for Both’, Foreign Affairs, 91 * J. A. Morone (2009) ‘Jefferson’s Rickety Wall: Sacred and Secular in American Politics’ Social Research, 76 (4) * H. Heclo (2007) ‘Is America a Christian Nation?’, Political Science Quarterly, 122 (1), pp 59-87 * J. A. Shields (2007) ‘Between Passion and Deliberation: The Christian Right and Democratic Ideals’ Political Science Quarterly, 122 (1), pp 89-113 * B. M. Clifton (2004) ‘Romancing the GOP: Assessing the Strategies Used by the Christian Coalition to Influence the Republican Party’, Party Politics, 10 (5), pp 475-498 * F. Lambert (2008) Religion in American Politics: A Short History, Princeton, Princeton University Press (not in library, but sample chapter available at: https://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i8616.pdf) * M. P. Fiorina & S. J. Abrams (2008) ‘Political Polarization in the American Public’ Annual Review of Political Science, 11, pp 563-588 Available at: https://www.sociology.uiowa.edu/nsfworkshop/JournalArticleResources/Fiorina_Abrams_Polit ical_Polarization_2008.pdf * E. Bernstein and J. Jakobsen (2010) ‘Sex, Secularism and Religious Influence in US Politics’ Third World Quarterly, 31 (6) J. Green (2009) ‘American faith-based politics in the era of George W. Bush’ European Political Science, 8 (3) C. W. Dunn (ed) (2010) The Future of Religion in American Politics, Kentucky, University Press of Kentucky T. G. Jelen (1993) ‘The Political Consequences of Religious Group Attitudes’, The Journal of Politics, 55, pp 178-90 F. C. Harris, (1994) ‘Something Within: Religion as a Mobilizer of African-American Political Activism’, Journal of Politics, 56 (1), pp 42-68 J. C. Green & S. Clement (2010) ‘Much Hope, Modest Change for Democrats: Religion in the 2008 Presidential Election’, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, available at: https://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Much-Hope-Modest-Change-forDemocrats-Religion-in-the-2008-Presidential-Election.aspx J. D. Hunter, (1991) Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, New York, Basic Books A. Wolfe (2005) ‘Religion and American Politics’ online lecture, available to stream at: https://mitworld.mit.edu/video/259/ H. Perkins (1999) ‘The Tyranny of the Moral Majority: American Religion and Politics since the Pilgrim Fathers’, Cultural Values, 3 (2), pp 182-195 R. Mason (2006) ‘Values, Lifestyles and Politics’ in Peele et al (ed) Developments in American Politics 5, Basingstoke, Palgrave S. B. Hansen (2002) ‘Religion and Morality’ in Peele et al (ed) Developments in American Politics 4, Basingstoke, Palgrave Brookings Institute/Pew Forum (2004) One Electorate Under God: A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics (a symposium with contributions from members of Congress and columnists, available at: https://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040721.pdf) G. C. Layman (1997) ‘Religion and Political Behavior in the United States: The Impact of Beliefs, Affiliations, and Commitment from 1980 to 1994’ Public Opinion Quarterly, 61 (2), pp 288-316 T. Mouw & M. E. Sobel (2001) ‘Culture Wars and Opinion Polarization: The Case of Abortion’ American Journal of Sociology, 106 (4) J. B. Imber (2001) ‘Doubting Culture Wars’ Society, 38 (6) R. Singh (2002) ‘Subverting American Values? The Simpsons, South Park and the Cartoon Culture War’ in Singh (ed) American Politics and Society Today, Oxford, Polity M. Durham (2000) ‘The Christian Right in American Politics’, chapter 7 in Grant (ed.) American Politics: 2000 and Beyond, Aldershot, Ashgate M. Durham, (2001) The Christian Right, The Far Right and the Boundaries of American Conservatism, Manchester, Manchester University Press