Sunday, February 10, 2008

NEW BOOKS ON POLITICS & RELIGION

• Religion in American Politics by Prudue University professor Frank Lambert traces the connection between religion and politics through US history.
• In Souled Out, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. writes from the liberal Catholic tradition explores the roots of American liberalism
• The Party Faithful by Time magazine editor Amy Sullivan traces how the Democratic Party has dealt with religion.
• The Future of Faith in American Politics by David Gushee, a professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University, offers an "insider's account" of evangelicals who are weary of their brethren on both the left and right.
• In New Kind of Conservative, Florida megachurch pastor Joel Hunter says it's time for evangelicals to focus on issues beyond abortion and homosexuality.
• Beyond Left and Right: Helping Christians Make Sense of American Politics by Wheaton College political scientist Amy Black is for the political neophyte.

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