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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451586003321

Autore

Kennedy Sheila Suess

Titolo

God and country [[electronic resource] ] : America in red and blue / / Sheila Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, TX, : Baylor University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-280-85117-1

9786610851171

1-60258-074-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

306.60973

Soggetti

Polarization (Social sciences)

Religion and politics - United States

Paradigms (Social sciences) - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States

Social conflict - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Habits of the mind : thinking in red and blue -- America's religious roots -- A new paradigm -- Conflict and change -- The culture war considered -- The usual suspects -- Religion, wealth, and poverty -- Religion, science, and the environment -- Sin and crime -- God and country, us and them -- Living together.

Sommario/riassunto

Americans increasingly think in terms of red and blue.  God and Country examines the religious roots of these cultural divisions in American political life. But instead of pitting a "people of faith" against a "secular humanist elite," God and Country helps Americans understand the religious differences that divide us, appreciate the public agreements that allow us to live with religious differences, evaluate how existing democratic processes alleviate divisions, and identify ways Americans can agree to disagree.