Thumpin' it : the use and abuse of the Bible in today's presidential politics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berlinerblau, Jacques
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2008]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Christianity and politics > United States. Bible > Use. Evangelicalism > Political aspects > United States. Presidents > Religious life > United States.

Table of Contents:

The Bible in American politics: a primer
The Bible and the environment: evangelicals discover climate change and Democrats discover evangelicals
The blastocyst and the Bible: stem cell research, abortion, and the silence of Scripture
The Bible and international relations: a foreign policy in Christ?
The Bible in political rhetoric: the good, the bad, and the ugly
The Democrats, the Bible, and the secularists: on the trail of the God vote
Republicans and evangelicals: the limits of conservative Christian power?
Conclusion: the symbol and the separation