Nations under God —— How Churches Use Moral Authority to Influence Policy

----- 上帝之下的国家：教会如何使用道德权威来影响政策

ISBN: 9780691164762 出版年：2015 页码：438 Grzymała-Busse, Anna Princeton University Press

In some religious countries, churches have drafted constitutions, restricted abortion, and controlled education. In others, church influence on public policy is far weaker. Why? nations under god argues that where religious and national identities have historically fused, churches gain enormous moral authority--and covert institutional access. These powerful churches then shape policy in backrooms and secret meetings instead of through open democratic channels such as political parties or the ballot box. Through an in-depth historical analysis of six christian democracies that share similar religious profiles yet differ in their policy outcomes--ireland and italy, poland and croatia, and the united states and canada--anna grzyma?a-busse examines how churches influenced education, abortion, divorce, stem cell research, and same-sex marriage.