Posner examines the unholy alliance between a new generation of corrupt televangelists and the Republican Party, which eagerly courts the values voters who support these churches. Keenly observed a...
This book is an essential tool for those interested in the vital relationship between international human rights law and domestic policy. It explores this subject in the context of public funding for ...
"Stalking the Holy is an intimate work of discovery that combines wide-ranging research with Michael Higgins's personal fascination with sainthood. In an attempt to understand people's love of saints,...
Long before today's culture wars, the "Third Great Awakening" rocked America. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, evangelists such as Dwight L. Moody and Billy Sunday roused citi...
Few issues arouse as much passionate debate as the relationship between church and state. Political parties and coalitions have long jockeyed for position in the battle to either keep the two separate...
This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of religion in Northern Ireland by talking directly to those involved: to the churchmen and to the terrorists. It shows how religious conditionin...
Religion and Politics in the United States, Fifth Edition, offers a comprehensive account of the role of religious ideas, institutions, and communities in American public life.
..". one of those rare edited volumes that advances social thoughtas it provides substantive religious and media ethnography that is good to thinkwith." -- Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College Increasi...
In this groundbreaking new book, acclaimed researcher and author George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major faith tribes in America documenting who they are, what they believe, how t...
Examining race, law, and religion in today's America, 'The Least of These' highlights the power of these principles to both divide and unite, and promotes a new form of liberalism that incorporates th...
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