Under God: Religion and American Politics
In Under God, Garry Wills, one of our liveliest and most eminent political observers, moves through the tapestry of American history, illuminating the instances where American politics and American religion have collided. Beginning with the 1988 presidential contest, an election that included two ministers and a senator accused of sin, Wills surveys our history to show the continuity of present controversies with past religious struggles and argues that the secular standards of the Founding Fathers have been misunderstood. He shows that despite reactionary fire-breathers and fanatics, religion has often been a progressive force in American…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4165-4335-0
- EAN: 9781416543350
- Produktnummer: 36184091
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.7 cm 499 g
- Gewicht: 499
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Garry Wills is the author of 21 books, including the bestseller Lincoln at Gettysburg (winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award), John Wayne's America, Certain Trumpets, Under God, and Necessary Evil. A frequent contributor to many national publications, including the New York Times Magazine and the New York Review of Books, he is also an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University and lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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