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Religion and the politics of tolerance : how Christianity builds democracy / Marie Ann Eisenstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenstein, Marie A. (Marie Ann)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics--United States.
- Religion and politics.
- Democracy--Religious aspects.
- Democracy.
- Toleration--Religious aspects.
- Toleration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging a widespread belief that religious people are politically intolerant, Marie Ann Eisenstein offers compelling evidence to the contrary. In this surprising and significant book, she thoroughly re-examines previous studies and presents new research to support her argument that there is, in fact, a positive correlation between religious belief and practice and political tolerance in the United States. Eisenstein utilizes sophisticated new analytical tools to re-evaluate earlier data and offers persuasive new statistical evidence to support her claim that religiousness and political tol
- Contents:
- The politics of tolerance
- Christian political tolerance in contemporary America
- What do Christian congregants say about themselves?
- Issue attitudes, religion, and political tolerance
- Political intolerance : is it really not about religion?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611125196
- 9781281125194
- 1281125199
- 9781602581685
- 1602581681
- 9781435632318
- 1435632311
- OCLC:
- 476133597
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