The Holy Vote - The Politics of Faith in America

Informationen zum Autor Ray Suarez is a senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer . He came to the NewsHour from NPR's Talk of the Nation , and prior to that he spent seven years covering local, national, and international news for an NBC affiliate in Chicago. Klappentext Not since the Civil War has the United States been so polarized, politically and ideologically. At the heart of this fracture is a fascinating, paradoxical marriage between our country's politics and religions.In The Holy Vote, Ray Suarez explores the advent of this polarization and how it is profoundly changing the way we live our lives. With hands-on reporting, Suarez explores the attitudes and beliefs of the people behind the voting numbers and how the political divide is manifesting itself across the country. The reader will come to a greater understanding of what Americans believe, and how this belief structure fuels the debates that dominate the issues on our evening news broadcasts. Zusammenfassung Not since the Civil War has the United States been so polarized! politically and ideologically. At the heart of this fracture is a fascinating! paradoxical marriage between our country's politics and religions. In The Holy Vote ! Ray Suarez explores the advent of this polarization and how it is profoundly changing the way we live our lives. With hands-on reporting! Suarez explores the attitudes and beliefs of the people behind the voting numbers and how the political divide is manifesting itself across the country. The reader will come to a greater understanding of what Americans believe! and how this belief structure fuels the debates that dominate the issues on our evening news broadcasts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ray Suarez
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780060829988
• ISBN: 978-0-06-082998-8
• Pagine: 326
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; HISTORY: WORLD, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, RELIGION: Religion & Science, RELIGION: Christianity / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, RELIGION: Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION: POLITICS AND RELIGION, POLITICAL SCIENCE: History & Theory