Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together (Hardcover)

From Publishers Weekly
Danforth, a Missouri Republican as well as a lawyer and Episcopal minister, tended to avoid nasty partisan politics during his three terms in the U.S. Senate (with the notable exception of his defense of his protégé Clarence Thomas during U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings). After voluntarily retiring from the Senate in 1995, Danforth accepted appointments by White House Republicans, including ambassador to the United Nations and envoy for peace in Sudan. But the partisanship of President George W. Bush, a variety of other Republicans and quite a few Democrats has now led Danforth to urge political rivals to pull together to strengthen the United States, so the nation can in turn promote world peace. Danforth oozes sincerity and good sense as he excoriates "Christian conservatives" (naming James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, Ralph Reed and Pat Robertson, among others) for corrupting religious doctrine on reproduction and marriage and inappropriately inserting it in government. Conceding that he's an imperfect human being who sometimes failed as a student, husband, father, lawyer, minister and senator, Danforth comes across as a welcome paragon of virtue. (Sept.)
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Finally reason from the (old) right.

Not about this book but a discussion of the subject

Hanna Rosin, Reporter, Washington Post & Contributor, Atlantic Monthly
Hanna Rosin, Reporter for the Washington Post and Contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, discusses religion and politics and the role faith plays in how people vote.
1/17/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 45 min.