PDF Ellis Island (Images of America) (Spanish Edition) by Barry Moreno in History

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The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal development in America in the past quarter century. And while their voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized; their participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They continue to be caricatured as anti-intellectual Bible thumpers whose views are devoid of reason; logic; or empirical evidence. They're seen as lemmings; following the cues of Dobson and Robertson and marching in lock step with the Republican party on the "culture wars" issues of abortion; gay rights; and guns.Is The Good Book Good Enough? remedies the neglect of this highly influential group; which makes up as much as a third of the American public. It offers a carefully nuanced and comprehensive portrait of evangelical attitudes on a wide range of policies and their theological underpinnings. Each essay applies an evangelical lens to a contemporary issue - environmentalism; immigration; family and same-sex marriage; race relations; global human rights; foreign policy and national security; social welfare and poverty; and economic policy. The result thoroughly enriches our understanding of evangelicalism as a prism through which many view a wide range of policy debates.