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The Resource Bush's fringe government, Garry Wills ; preface by James Carroll

Bush's fringe government, Garry Wills ; preface by James Carroll

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  • "In both the Republican Party and the Vatican, conservative extremists have gained a disproportionate influence on a broad range of issues. Convinced that the culture is godless and corrupted and that many laws and policies are immoral, they have managed to find ways of governing the nation and the Church not from a broad consensual center but from the activist fringes of conservatism. In the US, this has led to an unprecedented political coalition between Catholics and evangelicals, which has helped to elect Republicans and to keep issues like abortion and homosexuality in the forefront of public debate
  • In the Catholic Church, with the election of a conservative pope, Benedict XVI, it has led to a doctrinal zealotry, the alienation of large numbers of American Catholics, and an increased intrusion of the Church into politics."
  • "In Bush's Fringe Government, Garry Wills examines how the will of the majority in both the United States and the Catholic Church is being thwarted by the growing power of an aggrieved, extremist minority. These extremists claim to be "pro-life." Yet Wills demonstrates, in an analysis of Jimmy Carter's religious beliefs, that by supporting capital punishment and low minimum wages, and opposing gun control, family planning, stem cell research, and universal health insurance, they have become promoters of a "culture of death" that can only be justified by their "self-righteous and punitive fundamentalism," not by the gospels they so insistently preach."--Jacket
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eng
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Bush's fringe government
Title
Bush's fringe government
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Garry Wills ; preface by James Carroll
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • "In both the Republican Party and the Vatican, conservative extremists have gained a disproportionate influence on a broad range of issues. Convinced that the culture is godless and corrupted and that many laws and policies are immoral, they have managed to find ways of governing the nation and the Church not from a broad consensual center but from the activist fringes of conservatism. In the US, this has led to an unprecedented political coalition between Catholics and evangelicals, which has helped to elect Republicans and to keep issues like abortion and homosexuality in the forefront of public debate
  • In the Catholic Church, with the election of a conservative pope, Benedict XVI, it has led to a doctrinal zealotry, the alienation of large numbers of American Catholics, and an increased intrusion of the Church into politics."
  • "In Bush's Fringe Government, Garry Wills examines how the will of the majority in both the United States and the Catholic Church is being thwarted by the growing power of an aggrieved, extremist minority. These extremists claim to be "pro-life." Yet Wills demonstrates, in an analysis of Jimmy Carter's religious beliefs, that by supporting capital punishment and low minimum wages, and opposing gun control, family planning, stem cell research, and universal health insurance, they have become promoters of a "culture of death" that can only be justified by their "self-righteous and punitive fundamentalism," not by the gospels they so insistently preach."--Jacket
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1934-
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Wills, Garry
Dewey number
322/.10973
Index
no index present
LC call number
JC573.2.U6
LC item number
W545 2006
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Catholic Church
  • Catholic Church
  • Conservatism
  • United States
  • Religious right
  • Evangelicalism
  • Christianity and politics
  • Christianity and politics
  • Conservatism
  • Evangelicalism
  • Interfaith relations
  • Politics and government
  • Religious right
  • United States
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Bush's fringe government, Garry Wills ; preface by James Carroll
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Contents
Preface by James Carroll -- Fringe government -- Jimmy Carter & the culture of death
Control code
ocm68965684
Dimensions
18 cm
Extent
66 pages
Isbn
9781590172100
Lccn
2006015735
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o68965684
  • (OCoLC)68965684
Label
Bush's fringe government, Garry Wills ; preface by James Carroll
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Preface by James Carroll -- Fringe government -- Jimmy Carter & the culture of death
Control code
ocm68965684
Dimensions
18 cm
Extent
66 pages
Isbn
9781590172100
Lccn
2006015735
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o68965684
  • (OCoLC)68965684

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