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american religious life
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discriminatory investigations of religion
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fbi
fbi and 911
fbi and religion
fbi investigating muslims
fbi religious communities
federal bureau of investigations
federal investigations into religion
history of law enforcement
investigating religion
investigating religious communities
pacifist groups in america
post 9 11 fbi
religious based investigations
religious freedom in the us
religious groups in america
religious white supremacy
Product details
- ISBN 9780520287273
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Feb 2017
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Sylvester A. Johnson is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Religious Studies at Northwestern University. Steven P. Weitzman is the Abraham Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.
