The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful Times

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2007 - Christianity and politics - 371 pages
A account of the events, ideas, and beliefs about the role of religion in today's government discusses how, after the September 11th attacks, there is a more glaring pervasiveness of religious doctrine throughout both major parties and in the formulating of key political decisions.

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Prologue
3
Death
17
Dinosaurs
32
Silence
48
Protestants
75
Sects
86
Apocalypse
102
Philosophers
139
Safety
167
Rivers
206
Pessimism
255
Method
275
Americans
304
Optimism
325
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