03107cam a2200529Mi 4500 ocn645100881 OCoLC 20200709055449.0 m d cr |n| 100629s2008 nyu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP YDXCP IDEBK OCLCQ N$T 9780857450012 (electronic bk.) 0857450018 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)645100881 416285 (N$T) BL65.P7 B35 2008 POL 043000 bisacsh 322.1 N$TA Bailey, F. G. God-Botherers and Other True-Believers [electronic resource] : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right. New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2008. 1 online resource (244 p.) Title page-God-Botherers and Other True-Believers; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PArt I-Faith and Politics; Chapter 1-Faith, Reason and Consequences; Chapter 2-Religion and Persuasion in Politics; Part II-Antagonistic Religions; Chapter 3-Desert, Marketplace and Forum; Chapter 4-The Need for Enemies; Part III-A Religion of Love; Chapter 5-Gandhi; Chapter 6-Gandhi's Charisma; Chapter 7-Gandhi's Religion and Political Reality; Chpater 8-The First Cause and the Last Word; References; Index. When reason fails to guide us in our everyday lives, we turn to faith, to religion; we close our minds; we reject austere reasoning. This rejection, which is a faith-based social and intellectual malignancy, has two unfortunate consequences: it blocks the way to knowledge that might enhance the quality of life and it opens the way to charlatans who exploit the faith of others. Examining two unquestionable malignancies of "the Christian Right" in present-day politics in the United States and the "secular religion" of Hitler's National Socialism, as well as the third, more complex case of Gandhi. Description based on print version record. Religion. Political Science. Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Religion and politics. Religious fundamentalism. Religious right United States. Christian conservatism United States. National socialism. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Bailey, F.G. God-Botherers and Other True-Believers : Gandhi, Hitler, and the Religious Right New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., c2008 9781845455125 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=544336 MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=262655 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=416285 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL544336 YBP Library Services YANK 3341033 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50880 50880