Author : James S. Larson
Publisher :
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 13,73 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781629488516
This text is about the basic differences between Democrats and Republicans that divide our country. It is also about Gods perspective on the issue, as revealed in the Christian Bible, and about God and the future - our future in heaven with him.
Author : Benjamin P. Dixon
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : 9780983556626
Author : Daniel K. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 31,92 MB
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0199929068
In God's Own Party, Daniel K. Williams presents the first comprehensive history of the Christian Right, uncovering how evangelicals came to see the Republican Party as the vehicle through which they could reclaim America as a Christian nation.
Author : Jim Wallis
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 10,36 MB
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060834471
New York Times bestseller God's Politics struck a chord with Americans disenchanted with how the Right had co-opted all talk about integrating religious values into our politics, and with the Left, who were mute on the subject. Jim Wallis argues that America's separation of church and state does not require banishing moral and religious values from the public square. God's Politics offers a vision for how to convert spiritual values into real social change and has started a grassroots movement to hold our political leaders accountable by incorporating our deepest convictions about war, poverty, racism, abortion, capital punishment, and other moral issues into our nation's public life. Who can change the political wind? Only we can.
Author : Tony Keddie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520385691
The complete guide to debunking right-wing misinterpretations of the Bible—from economics and immigration to gender and sexuality. Jesus loves borders, guns, unborn babies, and economic prosperity and hates homosexuality, taxes, welfare, and universal healthcare—or so say many Republican politicians, pundits, and preachers. Through outrageous misreadings of the New Testament gospels that started almost a century ago, conservative influencers have conjured a version of Jesus that speaks to their fears, desires, and resentments. In Republican Jesus, Tony Keddie explains not only where this right-wing Christ came from and what he stands for but also why this version of Jesus is a fraud. By restoring Republicans’ cherry-picked gospel texts to their original literary and historical contexts, Keddie dismantles the biblical basis for Republican positions on hot-button issues like Big Government, taxation, abortion, immigration, and climate change. At the same time, he introduces readers to an ancient Jesus whose life experiences and ethics were totally unlike those of modern Americans, conservatives and liberals alike.
Author : Lisa Sharon Harper
Publisher : Does Not Equal
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 37,69 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN :
A new breed of evangelicals, with a fiery passion for economic justice, racial reconciliation and a care for the environment, has abandoned the religious right. Harper, a rising star in this movement, describes the roots of this political shift, the agents of change driving it and the extent of the evangelical rejection of the right-wing political agenda. Here, Harper offers a powerful indictment of the religious right demonstrating how it has abandoned the gospel in its racist and sexist core beliefs.
Author : Michael Sean Winters
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062098721
An acclaimed reporter presents the first major biography of the legendary, and divisive, conservative pastor who reshaped the landscape of American politics—Jerry Falwell. At a time when the Tea Party movement is dominating much of America's social and political discourse, the story of Falwell's Moral Majority will resonate strongly. Indeed, Falwell’s language may sound familiar to anyone who has heard recent speeches by figures like Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, or Michelle Bachmann.
Author : David Domke
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 31,5 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195326415
This volume offers a timely and dynamic study of the rise of religion in American politics, examining the public messages of political leaders over the past seventy-five years. The authors show that U.S. politics today is defined by a calculated, deliberate, and partisan use of faith that is unprecedented in modern politics. Beginning with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, America has seen a no-holds-barred religious politics that seeks to attract voters, identify and attack enemies, and solidify power. Domke and Coe identify a set of religious signals sent by both Republicans and Democrats in speeches, party platforms, proclamations, visits to audiences of faith, and even celebrations of Christmas. The updated edition of this ground-breaking book includes a new preface, an updated analysis of the last Bush administration, as well as a new final chapter on the Jeremiah Wright controversy, the candidacies of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama's victory.
Author : Justin Buckley Dyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107108241
This book shows how Lewis was interested in the truths and falsehoods about human nature and how these conceptions manifest themselves in the public square.
Author : Michele F. Margolis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 29,30 MB
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 022655581X
One of the most substantial divides in American politics is the “God gap.” Religious voters tend to identify with and support the Republican Party, while secular voters generally support the Democratic Party. Conventional wisdom suggests that religious differences between Republicans and Democrats have produced this gap, with voters sorting themselves into the party that best represents their religious views. Michele F. Margolis offers a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom, arguing that the relationship between religion and politics is far from a one-way street that starts in the church and ends at the ballot box. Margolis contends that political identity has a profound effect on social identity, including religion. Whether a person chooses to identify as religious and the extent of their involvement in a religious community are, in part, a response to political surroundings. In today’s climate of political polarization, partisan actors also help reinforce the relationship between religion and politics, as Democratic and Republican elites stake out divergent positions on moral issues and use religious faith to varying degrees when reaching out to voters.
