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The Party Faithful How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap

Amy Sullivan

As late as the 1960s, religion was a decidedly nonpartisan affair in the United States. In the past forty years, however, despite abundant evidence that Americans care about their candidates' personal faith, Democrats have beat a retreat in the competition for religious voters and the discussion of...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

It explores the Democratic Party's complex relationship with faith and the Left's response to the rise of the Religious Right. The author's personal experiences and observations are interwoven throughout the book, providing a unique perspective on the topic.

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This year, Sullivan published a book, The Party Faithful, How and Why Democrats Are Closing The God Gap.

— Episode: Amy Sullivan — The Faith Life of the Par...

Episode: Amy Sullivan — The Faith Life of the Party: Part I...

It explores the Democratic Party's complex relationship with faith and the Left's response to the rise of the Religious Right. The author's personal experiences and observations are interwoven throughout the book, providing a unique perspective on the topic.

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This year, Sullivan published a book, The Party Faithful, How and Why Democrats Are Closing The God Gap.

In 2003 in a Democratic publication...until professional Democrats get over their aversion to all things religious, they will continue to suffer the political consequences.

It's been really instructive for me personally...to explain that no, that's not being an evangelical. It's not a political definition. It's a theological one.

One of the things I found was his running mate at the time, John Edwards, has a leather bound embossed copy of the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.

Episode: Amy Sullivan — The Faith Life of the Party: Part I...

It discussed how and why Democrats are closing the God gap, exploring the Democratic Party's complex relationship with faith and the Left's response to the rise of the Religious Right. The author's personal experiences and background also informed the book.

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This year, Sullivan published a book, The Party Faithful, How and Why Democrats Are Closing The God Gap.

Until professional Democrats get over their aversion to all things religious, they will continue to suffer the political consequences.

I think one of the reasons that the discovery of some of Jeremiah Wright's more fiery and controversial sermons surprised Democrats as well as Republicans is that Democrats for so long had thought of black churches is kind of these innocuous places where you could hear good gospel music, good brunch after the service.

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