Thumpin' it
Subtitle: the use and abuse of the Bible in today's presidential politics
By: Jacques Berlinerblau.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780664231736
Subjects: Bible -- Use; Christianity and politics -- United States; Evangelicalism -- Political aspects -- United States; Presidents -- Religious life -- United States
Other titles: Thumping it
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-179) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Bible in American politics: a primer; title: The Bible and the environment: evangelicals discover climate change and Democrats discover evangelicals; title: The blastocyst and the Bible: stem cell research, abortion, and the silence of Scripture; title: The Bible and international relations: a foreign policy in Christ?; title: The Bible in political rhetoric: the good, the bad, and the ugly; title: The Democrats, the Bible, and the secularists: on the trail of the God vote; title: Republicans and evangelicals: the limits of conservative Christian power?; title: Conclusion: the symbol and the separation