Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-211).

Introduction: Is that your bible? -- A city on a hill: an American legacy of Puritan biblical interpretation -- Submission and revolution: Romans 13 and American identity -- "The Bible through slave-holding spectacles": the Bible in the Civil War -- Your kingdom come: social gospel hermeneutics -- A stick of dynamite: civil rights and scripture -- Magic of the market: the hermeneutics of small government -- The late great United States: biblical eschatology in the cold war -- Prayer, politics, and personal faith: George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's use of scripture -- "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's": evangelicals and Donald Trump -- Seek the peace and prosperity of the city: Jeremiah 29 and political theology -- Conclusion: The promise and peril of biblical references in politics -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.

"In The Ballot and the Bible, Kaitlyn Schiess explores America's history of using the Bible in politics, highlighting times it was applied well and times it was egregiously misused. She combines American political history and biblical interpretation to help us faithfully read Scripture, talk with others about it, and apply it to contemporary political issues--and to our lives"--page 4 of cover.

"This book explores America's history of using the Bible in politics, highlighting moments of proper practice and examples of deep misuse, and helps us apply the Scriptures in our political participation"--