christianity and politics

"Investigates the ways in which conservative Christians have pursued, exercised, and often abused power in the name of securing this earthly kingdom"--Provided by publisher.

A work of memoir and investigative journalism on the exvangelical movement: its origins; stories of its members; and its social, cultural, and political impact.

"Married to an evangelical paster's son with a comfortable life, the author describes her reckoning with religious trauma and Midwestern values as she shed years of indoctrination, piety, and repression and came out as queer, and discusses how evangelicalism has undermined American political power structures"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses how both conservatives and liberals can constructively dialogue about the role of God and religion in American society.

Explores the influence of religion on legislation and society, while examining the alignment of the religious right with the political right.

Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations, open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world, now published here, along with addresses or extracts of addresses given for various occasions during his papacy.

"Two friends on opposite sides of the aisle provide a practical guide to grace-filled political conversation while challenging readers to put relationship before policy and understanding before argument. . . [and] share principles on how to give grace and be vulnerable when discussing issues that affect families, churches, the country, and the world. They provide practical tools to move past frustration and into productive dialogue, emphasizing that faith should inform the way people engage more than it does the outcome of that engagement"--Provided by publisher.

"Exposes readers to the ways in which religion affects policymaking and the varying perspectives about religion's role in politics"--Provided by publisher.

"In this timely, carefully reasoned social history of the United States, places today's heated culture wars within the context of a centuries-long struggle of right vs. left and religious vs. secular to reveal how, ultimately, liberals always win."--OCLC.

"... argues that the story of Christian America begins with the Great Depression, when a coalition of businessmen and religious leaders united in opposition to the New Deal. As Kruse shows, corporations from General Motors and Kraft Foods to J.C. Penney and Hilton Hotels poured money into the coffers of conservative religious leaders, who in turn used those funds to attack FDR's New Deal administration as a program of 'pagan statism' that perverted the central tenet of Christianity: the salvation of the individual"--Provided by publisher.