Reading these books in my personal library, as well as others not mentioned, presented a diverse array of opinions. However, I could not find anyone who fully articulated what I perceived as essential in the context of what I interpreted as relevant Scripture. I read various viewpoints, even those I found lacking in depth or sufficient argumentation. New books continue to emerge, yet many revisit the same issues in a slightly different manner. If you have questions about any of the issues discussed in the books below, feel free to contact me via email to request a response (please do not include any attachments). Asterisks precede the titles of reference books.

Babcock, Michael. unchristian America: Living with Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2008.

Balmer, Randall. Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America – An Evangelical’s Lament. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2006.

Barth, Karl. Church and State. Greenville, SC: Smyth & Helwys, 1991.

Bezanson, Randall P. How Free Can Religion Be? Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006.

Black, Amy E. Beyond Left and Right, Helping Christians Make Sense of American Politics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2008.

Boston, Robert. Taking Liberties, Why Religious Freedom Doesn’t Give You The Right To Tell Other People What To Do. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2014.

Boyd, Gregory A. The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.

Briner, Bob. Roaring Lambs: a gentle plan to radically change your world. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993.

Brown, Robert McAfee. Saying Yes and Saying No, On Rendering to God and Caesar.  Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986.

Camp, Lee C. Scandalous Witness, A Little Political Manifesto for Christians. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2020. Kindle

Campolo, Tony. Red Letter Christians:  A Citizen’s Guide To Faith And Politics. Ventura, CA: Gospel Light, 2008.

Carlin, David R. Can a Catholic Be a Democrat? How the Party I Loved Became the Enemy of My Religion. Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2006.

Carter, Jimmy. Our Endangered Values, America’s Moral Crisis. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

Carter, Stephen L. The Culture of Disbelief, How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

Carter, Stephen L. God’s Name in Vain, The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics. New York: Basic Books, 2000.

Chaput, Charles J. Render Unto Caesar, Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life. New York:  Doubleday, 2008.

Claiborne, Shane and Chris Haw. Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals. Grand Rapids, MI:  Zondervan, 2008.

Crossan, John Dominic. God & Empire, Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now. New York: HarperOne, 2007.

Danforth, John. Faith and Politics, How the “Moral Values” Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together. New York: Penguin, 2006.

De Jong, Norman and Jack Van Der Slik. Separation of Church and State:  The Myth Revisited. Ontario, Canada: Redeemer, 1985.

Douglas, Mark. Believing Aloud, Reflections on Being Religious in the Public Square. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.

Dreisbach, Daniel L. Real Threat and Mere Shadow, Religious Liberty and the First Amendment. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1987.

Dreisbach, Daniel L. Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State. New York: NYU Press, 2002.

Dugan, Robert. Stand and Be Counted, A Washington Insider Tells How to Preserve America’s Liberties for You and Your Children. Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 1995.

Fackre, Gabriel. The Religious Right & Christian Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1982.

Ford, Marcia. We the PURPLE: Faith, Politics, and the Independent Voter. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2008.

Frank, Thomas. What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. New York: Metropolitan, 2004.

Gaddy, C. Welton and Barry W. Lynn. First Freedom First, A Citizen’s Guide to Protecting Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State. Boston: Beacon Press, 2008.

Geisler, Norman and Frank Turek. Legislating Morality, Is It Wise? Is It Legal? Is It Possible? Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1998.

Gibbs, David C. Jr. with Jerry Newcombe. One Nation Under God, Ten Things Every Christian Should Know About the Founding of America. Seminole, FL: Christian Law Association, 2005.

Gibson, John. The War on Christmas, How the Liberal Plot To Ban The Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought. New York: Sentinel, 2005.

Gilgoff, Dan. The Jesus Machine, How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America Are Winning the Culture War. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008.

Gillman, Howard and Erwin Chemerinsky. The Religion Clauses, The Case for Separating Church and State. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Kindle

Goldberg, Michelle. Kingdom Coming, The Rise of Christian Nationalism.  New York: Norton, 2006.

*Grudem, Wayne. POLITICS—According to the Bible, A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010.

Gushee, David P. ed. Christians and Politics, Beyond the Culture Wars, an agenda for engagement. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2000.

Hall, Mark David. Did America Have A Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth. Nashville: Nelson, 2019.

Hanson, Paul D. Political Engagement as Biblical Mandate. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.

Hayford, Jack W. Ten Steps Toward SAVING AMERICA: A Practical, Powerful, and Compassionate Approach to Biblical Citizenship.  Van Nuys, CA: Living Way, 1994.

Hedges, Chris. American Fascists, The Christian Right and The War On America. New York: Free Press, 2006.

Hendricks, Obery M. Jr. The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of the Teachings of Jesus and How They Have Been Corrupted. New York: Doubleday, 2006.

Herron, Roy. God and Politics, How Can A Christian Be In Politics? Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2005.

Hertzke, Allen D. Representing God in Washington, The Role of Religious Lobbies in the American Polity. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1988.

Hewitt, Hugh. IN, BUT NOT OF, A Guide To Christian Ambition and The Desire To Influence The World. Nashville: Nelson, 2003.

Horowitz, David. Dark Agenda, The War to Destroy Christian America. West Palm Beach, FL: Humanix Books, 2018. Kindle

*Horton, Michael Scott, ed. Power Religion, The Selling Out of the Evangelical Church? Chicago:  Moody, 1992.

Howe, Ben. The Immoral Majority, Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values. New York: Broadside Books, 2019. Kindle

Hughes, Richard T. Christian America and the Kingdom of God. Chicago: University of Illinois, 2009.

Hunter, George G. III. Christian, Evangelical & Democrat? Nashville: Abingdon, 2006.

Hynes, Patrick. In Defense of The Religious Right:  Why Conservative Christians Are the Lifeblood of the Republican Party and Why That Terrifies the Democrats. Nashville: Nelson, 2006.

Kosmin, Barry A. and Seymour P. Lachman. One Nation Under God, Religion in Contemporary American Society. New York: Crown, 1993.

Kramnick, Isaac and R. Laurence Moore. The GODLESS CONSTITUTION, The Case Against Religious Correctness. New York: Norton, 1997.

Krannawitter, Thomas L. and Daniel C. Palm. A Nation Under God? The ACLU and Religion in American Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

Kruse, Kevin M. One Nation Under God, How Corporate America Invented Christian America. New York: Basic Books, 2015.

Kuo, David. Tempting Faith, An Inside Story of Political Seduction. New York: Free Press, 2006.

Lambert, Frank. The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America. New Jersey: Princeton, 2003. Kindle

Limbaugh, David. Persecution, How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Lindberg, Tod. The Political Teachings of Jesus. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.

Lindsay, D. Michael. Faith in the Halls of Power, How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. New York: Oxford, 2007.

Loehr, Davidson. American Fascism and God: Sermons from a Heretical Preacher. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2005.

Lynn, Barry. God and Government, Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism and Freedom of Conscience. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2015.

Lutzer, Erwin W. We Will Not Be Silenced. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2020.

*Mac, Toby and Michael Tait of DC Talk with Wallbuilders. Under God. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2004.

MacArthur, John F. Jr. Why Government Can’t Save You, An Alternative to Political Activism. Nashville: Word, 2000.

MacArthur, John F. Jr. Can God Bless America? The Biblical Pathway to Blessing. Nashville: Nelson, 2002.

Marsh, Charles. Wayward Christian Soldiers: Freeing the Gospel from Political Captivity. New York: Oxford, 2007.

Merritt, Jonathan. A Faith of Our Own, Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. New York: FaithWords, 2012.

Minnery, Tom. Why You Can’t Stay Silent, A Biblical Mandate to Shape Our Culture. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 2001.

Monsma, Steve. Healing For A Broken World, Christian Perspectives on Public Policy. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.

Moore, Russell. Onward, Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel. Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2015. Kindle

Morgan, Robin. Fighting Words:  A Toolkit for Combating the Religious Right. New York: Avalon, 2006.

Murray, Williams J. The Pledge:  One Nation Under God. Chattanooga TN: AMG, 2007.

Nash, Ronald H. Why the Left Is Not Right, The Religious Left: Who They Are and What They Believe. Grand Rapids: MI, Zondervan, 1996.

Neuhaus, Richard John. The Naked Public Square, Religion and Democracy in America. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1986.

Nyquist, J. Paul. Prepare, Living Your Faith in an Increasingly Hostile Culture. Chicago: Moody, 2015

O’Neill, Tip with Gary Hymel. All Politics Is Local, And Other Rules Of The Game. New York: Random House, 1994.

Parsley, Rod. Silent No More. Lake Mary, FL: Strang, 2005.

Pecknold, C.C. Christianity and Politics, A Brief Guide to the History. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.

Press, Bill. How the Republicans Stole Christmas, The Republican Party’s Declared Monopoly on Religion and What Democrats Can Do to Take It Back. New York: Doubleday, 2005.

Rauch, Bill. Politicking: How to Get Elected, Take Action, and Make an Impact in Your Community. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2004.

Redekop, John H. Politics Under God. Scottsdale, PA: Herald, 2007.

Reed, Ralph. Politically Incorrect, the Emerging Faith Factor in American Politics. Dallas: Word, 1994.

Rodriguez, Samuel. The Lamb’s Agenda, Why Jesus is Calling You to a Life of Righteousness and Justice. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2013.

Schaeffer, Francis A. A Christian Manifesto. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1981.

Sider, Ronald J. The Scandal of Evangelical Politics: Why Are Christians Missing this Chance to Really Change the World? Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2008.

Sine, Tom. Cease Fire, Searching for Sanity in America’s Culture Wars. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995.

Smith, Christian. Christian America? What Evangelicals Really Want. Los Angeles: University of California, 2000.

Starr, Ken. Religious Liberty in Crisis, Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty. New York: Encounter Books, 2021.

Taylor, Mark Lewis. Religion, Politics, and the Christian Right, Post-9/11 Power and American Empire. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.

Thomas, Cal and Ed Dobson. Blinded By Might, Why The Religious Right Can’t Save America. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000.

Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy. Failing America’s Faithful, How Today’s Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way. New York: Warner, 2007.

Waldman, Steven. Founding Faith, How Our Founding Fathers Forged a Radical New Approach to Religious Liberty. New York: Random House, 2008.

Wallis, Jim. God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

Wallis, Jim. The Great Awakening, Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.

Wallis, Jim with Chuck Gutenson. Living God’s Politics: A Guide to Putting Your Faith into Action. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.

Wexler, Jay. Holy Hullabaloos, A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009.

Whitehead, John W. Religious Apartheid, The Separation of Religion from American Public Life. Chicago: Moody, 1994.

Williams, Daniel K. God’s Own Party: the making of the Christian right. New York: Oxford, 2010. Kindle & paperback

*Williamson, Rene de Visme. POLITICS AND PROTESTANT THEOLOGY, An Interpretation of Tillich, Barth, Bonhoeffer and Brunner. Rev. Ed. Lenoir, NC: Reformation Press, 2005.

Wills, Garry. Under God, Religion and American Politics. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.

*Wilson, John F. and Donald L. Drakeman, eds. Church and State in American History, Key Documents, Decisions, and Commentary from the Past Three Centuries. 3rd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2003.

Winters, Michael Sean. Left At The Altar, How The Democrats Lost The Catholics and How The Catholics Can Save The Democrats.  New York: Basic Books, 2008.

Wood, James E. Jr. NATIONHOOD and the KINGDOM. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1977.

Wuthnow, Robert. The Struggle for America’s Soul, Evangelicals, Liberals & Secularism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989.

Yoder, John Howard. The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994.

Yoder, John Howard. The Christian Witness to the State. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1964, 2002.

Yoder, John Howard. Discipleship as Political Responsibility. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1964, 2003.