Sacramental Politics: Religious Worship as Political Action

by Brian Kaylor

Overview

This book looks at how religious worship remains embedded with inherent political messages and behaviors, showing that conflicts between church and state exist not just in the public arena, but in each sanctuary and house of worship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433126154
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	10/30/2014
Series:	Frontiers in Political Communication , #30
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Brian Kaylor (PhD, University of Missouri) is the author of For God’s Sake, Shut Up! (2007) and Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in an Age of Confessional Politics (2011). He is the Communications and Engagement Leader for Churchnet and a contributing editor for Ethics Daily. He previously taught political communication at James Madison University.

Table of Contents

Contents: Religious Worship as Political Rhetoric? – Religious Worship as Partisan Politics – Religious Worship as Public Policy Promotion – Religious Worship as Political Messaging – Religious Worship as Political Space – Religious Worship as Inherent Political Action – Religious Worship as Politics.

Editorial Reviews

«Brian Kaylor has an advantage in understanding and writing about religion and politics. As a clergyman turned professor, he connects the dots between the two realms like no one else. I love this book. It is not only very thoughtful, spiritually speaking, but offers up a paradigm for thinking.» (Rev. Richard Cizik, President, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good)
«In this fine treatment, Brian Kaylor helps us to understand and appreciate the delicate intersection between faith and politics, personal devotion and civic responsibility, the sacred and the secular. Dr. Kaylor helps us navigate these difficult waters. This is a good read that you’ll not only benefit from, but that you’ll also enjoy!» (Rev. Rob Schenck, President, Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capital Chaplain, The Capitol Hill Executive Service Club)

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