Translation of : Representing God in Washington.

Religious interests in the American system : Contemporary religious political engagement ; Political science and religious interest groups ; Oligarchy, representation, and religious lobbies ; Organization of chapters -- American exceptionalism and religious political activism : Religious lobbies and American exceptionalism : Liberal Protestants ; Fundamentalists ; Roman Catholics ; Jews ; Evangelicals ; Black Evangelicals -- Political strategies, effectiveness, and the congressional milieu : Home district pressure : Mass constituency mobilization ; Elite mobilization and key contacts ; Direct elector mobilization ; Media strategies. Classic insider strategies : Religious weakness at the micro level ; Episodic effectiveness on the inside. Religious political activism and the congressional milieu -- Representation and religious lobbies: an introduction : The concept of representation ; Representation of church institution ; Representation of theological tradition ; Representation of a world constituency -- Representation of domestic constituencies : Domestic social issues ; Foreign policy ; Domestic spending and economic policy ; The texture of religious opinion ; Representation and the direct-mail groups ; Representation and the bigger picture -- Religious lobbies and congressional policy-making on church-state relations : Equal access--background and legislative history : The courts and student religion ; School prayer sets the stage ; The equal access battle ; Implementation guidelines ; The religious constituencies: Motives, Positions and strategies : Fundamentalists ; Evangelicals ; The anti-pietist alliance -- Representation theory and the religious dimension.