Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension between Faith and Power
Edited by Kristin E. Heyer, Mark J. Rozell, Michael A. Genovese

IIntroduction
Kristin E. Heyer and Mark J. Rozell

Part I: Catholic Leaders in U.S. Politics

1. The Politics of the U.S. Catholic Bishops: The Centrality of Abortion
Margaret Ross Sammon

2. Political Marriage of Convenience? The Evolution of the Conservative Catholic-Evangelical Alliance in the Republican Party
Mark J. Rozell

3. One Church, Many Messages: The Politics of the U.S. Catholic Clergy
Gregory A. Smith

4. Catholics in the Political Arena: How Faith Should Inform Catholic Voters and Politicians
Kristin E. Heyer

Part II: The Catholic Public

5. Between Church, Party, and Conscience: Protecting Life and Promoting Social Justice among U.S. Catholics
Mark M. Gray and Mary E. Bendyna

6. The Myth of a Distinct Catholic Vote
Matthew J. Streb and Brian Frederick

7. Politics y la Iglesia: Attitudes toward the Role of Religion in Politics among Latino Catholics
Adrian Pantoja, Matthew Barreto, and Richard Anderson

Part III: Catholics and the Federal Government

8. Catholicism, Abortion, and the Emergence of the "Culture Wars" in the U.S. Congress, 1971-2006
William V. D'Antonio, Steven A. Tuch, and John Kenneth White

9. Catholics and the Supreme Court: From the "Catholic Seat" to the New Majority
Barbara A. Perry

10. White House Outreach to Catholics
Thomas J. Carty

Part IV: International Policy and the Vatican

11. The United States—Vatican Relationship: "Parallel Endeavors for Peace," Competing Visions of Justice
Paul Christopher Manuel

12. Reforming the Vatican: The Tradition of Best Practices
Thomas J. Reese

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