{"product_id":"one-state-under-god-joseph-l-locke-9781477334201","title":"One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA broad and accessible history of religion in Texas, from prehistory to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom sprawling megachurches to religious billboards and towering steel crosses, religion quite literally looms over Texas. Christian nationalism determines the state's politics and, every school day, more than five million Texas children pledge allegiance to \"one state under God.\" But it wasn't always this way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging chronicle, Joseph Locke uncovers the breadth of Texas's religious history, from Indigenous painters of cosmological cave art and Spanish invaders who constructed missions to irreligious Anglo colonists, freethinking frontiersmen, Tejano folk saints, evangelical culture warriors, and Muslim immigrants. Locke traces the state's religious transformations across the centuries, bringing them to life through his depiction of compelling figures, like enslaved preacher Anderson Edwards, fighting fundamentalist J. Frank Norris, and celebrated humanitarian Sister Norma Pimentel, and gripping moments, such as the murder of atheist newspaperman William Cowper Brann and the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Comprehensive, fast-paced, and highly readable, \u003ci\u003eOne State Under God\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the Lone Star State's spiritual path was blazed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph L. Locke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477334203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477334201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Joseph L. Locke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089458311423,"sku":"9781477334201","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0dc9218-1e0e-4d52-b33f-55bb290229ab.jpg?v=1769110380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-state-under-god-joseph-l-locke-9781477334201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}