01266nam a22001577a 4500 516305 516305 210223b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Campbell, David E. 25079 The perils of politicized religion Daedalus 149(3), Summer 2020: p.87-104 In the United States, religion and partisan politics have become increasingly intertwined. The rising level of religious disaffiliation is a backlash to the religious right: many Americans are abandoning religion because they see it as an extension of politics with which they disagree. Politics is also shaping many Americans’ religious views. There has been a stunning change in the percentage of religious believers who, prior to Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy, overwhelmingly objected to immoral private behavior by politicians but now dismiss it as irrelevant to their ability to act ethically in their public role. The politicization of religion not only contributes to greater political polarization, it diminishes the ability of religious leaders to speak prophetically on important public issues. - Reproduced United States, Partisan politics 25080 Daedalus RELIGION - UNITED STATES AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 390397 IIPA IIPA 2021-02-23 149(3), Summer 2020: p.87-104 AR124389 2021-02-23 AR