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Politics and Religion: Is Christianity Killing the Separation of Church and State?

Politics and Religion: Is Christianity Killing the Separation of Church and State? . Christianity is the dominate religion in the United States with 76% of adults considering themselves Christian in 2008. . Can Christianity be separated from our voting patterns? .

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Politics and Religion: Is Christianity Killing the Separation of Church and State?

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  1. Politics and Religion: Is Christianity Killing the Separation of Church and State?

  2. Christianity is the dominate religion in the United States with 76% of adults considering themselves Christian in 2008. Can Christianity be separated from our voting patterns?

  3. Relationship with UNC Community: Religious studies majors Voters in elections General student body who benefit from public funding

  4. The History • .

  5. Republicans vs. Democrats • Election results 2010 vs. Importance of Religion in one’s Life

  6. The Issues: Abortion World Affairs Environmental conservation Size of Government Homosexuality

  7. Political Ideology

  8. Charitable Choice

  9. Supreme Court Involvement

  10. Can Religion and Politics be Separated?

  11. Works Cited • Caiazza, John. "American Conservatism and the Catholic Church." Editorial. Modern Ago 1 Jan. 2010. Print. • Eisenstein, Marie A. "Rethinking the Relationship between Religion and Political Tolerance in the US." Political Behavior (2006): 327-48. Print. • Prather, James. and Hoffman, Marvin. "An Empirical Examination of the Role of Religion in American Voting Behavior Between 1948 and 2002" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 07, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p85159_index.html • Sikka, Sonia. "Liberalism, Multiculturalism, and the Case for Public Religion." Cambridge Journals-Politics and Religion 3.3 (2010): 580-609. Cambridge Journals. 10 June 2010. Web. 17 Jan. 2011. <http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=RAP>. • Taub, David, and Joe Klein. "State Religious Education-religion vs. State." Journal of Church and State (2000). Print. • Wyler, Grace. "Believers in the Pews--and the Polling Booth." Newsweek. 23 June 2008. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. <http://www.newsweek.com/2008/06/22/believers-in-the-pews-and-the-polling-booth.html>.

  12. Till, Farrell. "The Christian Nation Myth." Secular Web: Atheism, Agnosticism, Naturalism, Skepticism and Secularism. Web. 03 Mar. 2011. <http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html>."Largest Religious Groups in the USA." World Religions Religion Statistics Geography Church Statistics. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html>."Comparative Religions - U.S. Religious Landscape Study - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life." Religion in American Culture -- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <http://religions.pewforum.org/comparisons#>."Religion and Politics: the Ambivalent Majority: Religion and Politics: The Ambivalent Majority." Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. 20 Sept. 2000. Web. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://people-press.org/report/32/religion-and-politics-the-ambivalent-majority>.Wiley, and Blackwell. "Religious Beliefs Significantly Tied to National Political Participation | E! Science News." E! Science News | Latest Science News Articles. 24 June 2008. Web. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/06/24/religious.beliefs.significantly.tied.national.political.participation>.

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