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The holy vote : the politics of faith in America
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A journalist analyzes the influence of religion on American politics to explore the ways in which religious ideology affects voters and how a growing polarization in religious belief is transformin...
A journalist analyzes the influence of religion on American politics to explore the ways in which religious ideology affects voters and how a growing polarization in religious belief is transforming the political system.
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- Creator
- Ray Suarez
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Rayo, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- viii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0060829974, 9780060829971
- OCLC
- ocm71151440
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.
- Credo ... I believe: love note to a lost America and a look at the current predicament -- How did we get here?: the fall of secularism and the march toward a new politics -- Demolishing the wall of separation: winners and losers in the battle over church and state -- Onward Christian soldiers: theology, politics, and the Christian art of war -- To have and to hold ... over my dead body: the nasty battle over marriage ... what it is ... and who says so -- Take two tablets ... and call me when the fighting starts: ten commandments, a hundred court cases, a million opinions -- Child soldiers in the culture war: public schools, evolution, and human sexuality -- Now, in the center ring ... abortion as the main event: abortion in religion and politics -- From Al Smith to John Kerry: Roman Catholics' eighty-year pilgrimage in national politics -- Shifting battle lines and the browning of America: Blacks, Latinos, and a very different view of church and politics -- Render unto Caesar: Alabama's adventure with biblical policy making -- Okay wise guys ... now what?
Subjects
- Christianity and politics -- United States.
- Religion and state -- United States.
- Religion and politics -- United States.
- Religious right -- United States.
- Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.