The holy vote
Subtitle: the politics of faith in America
By: Ray Suarez
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Rayo
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780060829971
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.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Credo ... I believe: love note to a lost America and a look at the current predicament; title: How did we get here?: the fall of secularism and the march toward a new politics; title: Demolishing the wall of separation: winners and losers in the battle over church and state; title: Onward Christian soldiers: theology, politics, and the Christian art of war; title: To have and to hold ... over my dead body: the nasty battle over marriage ... what it is ... and who says so; title: Take two tablets ... and call me when the fighting starts: ten commandments, a hundred court cases, a million opinions; title: Child soldiers in the culture war: public schools, evolution, and human sexuality; title: Now, in the center ring ... abortion as the main event: abortion in religion and politics; title: From Al Smith to John Kerry: Roman Catholics' eighty-year pilgrimage in national politics; title: Shifting battle lines and the browning of America: Blacks, Latinos, and a very different view of church and politics; title: Render unto Caesar: Alabama's adventure with biblical policy making; title: Okay wise guys ... now what?