The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful Times - Rilegato

Shorris, Earl

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ISBN 10: 0393059634 ISBN 13: 9780393059632

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2007

Riassunto

A sobering account of the events, ideas, and beliefs about the role of religion in today's government discusses the pervasiveness of religious doctrine throughout both major parties and in the formulating of key decisions, in a sociopolitical discussion that includes insight into the surge in religious influence after the September 11 attacks.

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This is an unsettling account of the events, ideas and minds behind the nameless political movement that governs America today. The movement transcends political parties, has no formal structure, no acknowledged leaders and no sworn loyalty except to God, whose will it interprets according to its fears and desires. Yet it is not an abstraction. It elects American presidents and legislatures and informs their decisions while in office.The movement started at the end of Second World War when the fear of mass death infected American views of justice, ethics and global politics. As conversations with religious and political leaders, churchgoers and pollsters make clear, after 9/11 the American nation became increasingly pessimistic. Americans more than ever embraced simplistic, self-serving solutions to questions of personal and national destiny.This book is a first step towards understanding the American religious right as a national political movement.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393059634
• ISBN 13: 9780393059632
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 369