How the Republicans stole Christmas: the Republican Party's declared monopoly on religion and what Democrats can do to take it back
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In the wake of an election seen by many as a triumphant victory for “moral values,” political commentator and one-time seminarian Bill Press launches a counteroffensive against the so-called religious right. For decades, Press argues, conservative preachers such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson—joined by most Catholic bishops—have defined religion so narrowly that Democrats and liberals have been pushed outside the fold. According to their narrow gospel, God put George Bush in the White House to deal with gays, guns, and abortion—and those who don’t agree are on the sure road to hell. Bill Press says it’s time to take religion back: “Who gave this gang the inside track on religion, anyway? The way I read the Gospels, Jesus was as liberal as Paul Wellstone. He sure as hell wouldn’t have been a registered Republican. One other thing’s for sure: if Jesus ever came back to earth, there’s one gang he wouldn’t hang out with; and that’s this phony bunch of pious, puffed-up preachers who wear religion on their sleeves.” How the Republicans Stole Christmas is also Press’s fervent call to Democrats and liberals to reclaim religion and return it to its basic principles of social justice, charity, and tolerance. Press argues that the Right didn’t just steal religion, the Left let them have it, offering no resistance as conservatives dictated what’s right and what’s wrong. But on today’s social issues, according to Press, religious conservatives have gotten it all wrong. They have turned Jesus from a loving Messiah who championed the poor and dispossessed into a cold-blooded advocate for the rich and powerful. Press does not confine his criticisms to so-called Christian leaders; he uncovers the same wrong-headed tendencies in other faiths and among nonbelievers, who even today cling to the Old Testament as an appropriate code of behavior.
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Christianity
Christianity and politics
Christianity and politics -- Protestant churches -- History -- 20th century
Church history
Conservatism
Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century
Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Electronic books
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
History
Nonfiction
Politics
Politics and government
Protestant churches
Religion & Spirituality
Religious aspects
Religious right
Religious right -- History
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States -- Church history -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Christianity and politics
Christianity and politics -- Protestant churches -- History -- 20th century
Church history
Conservatism
Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century
Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Electronic books
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
History
Nonfiction
Politics
Politics and government
Protestant churches
Religion & Spirituality
Religious aspects
Religious right
Religious right -- History
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States -- Church history -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Electronic books
Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Politics
Religion & Spirituality
Religious right -- History
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States -- Church history -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century
Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Electronic books
Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Politics
Religion & Spirituality
Religious right -- History
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States -- Church history -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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How the Republicans stole Christmas : the Republican Party's declared monopoly on religion and what Democrats can do to take it back
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How the Republicans stole Christmas : the Republican Party's declared monopoly on religion and what Democrats can do to take it back / Bill Press
How the republicans stole christmas [electronic resource] : The republican party's declared monopoly on religion and what democrats can do to take it back. Bill Press
How the republicans stole christmas [electronic resource] : The republican party's declared monopoly on religion and what democrats can do to take it back. Bill Press
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How the Republicans stole Christmas
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the Republican Party's declared monopoly on religion and what Democrats can do to take it back
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Christianity and politics
Church history
Conservatism
Evangelicalism
History
Nonfiction
Politics
Politics and government
Protestant churches
Religion & Spirituality
Religious aspects
Religious right
Christianity and politics
Church history
Conservatism
Evangelicalism
History
Nonfiction
Politics
Politics and government
Protestant churches
Religion & Spirituality
Religious aspects
Religious right
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