The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful TimesA 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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Contents
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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