FUNDIES & FOREIGN POLICY

Onward Christian Soldiers?
Religion and the Bush Doctrine.
by James L. Guth, Lyman A. Kellstedt, John C. Green, and Corwin E. Smidt
http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/004/13.20.html


To go to the core of recent arguments, we examine the backing that America's diverse religious communities provide for the Bush Doctrine, the president's stress on military strength, preference for unilateral rather than multilateral action, willingness to engage in pre-emptive war (as in Iraq), and a tilt toward Israel in the Middle East.3
To simplify presentation in the accompanying table, we report the percentage of each religious group that falls in the top half of public support for the Bush Doctrine. Thus, a score above 50 percent is more favorable than average, a score below 50 percent is more opposed.


(FROM COMMENTER -R AT NEWSHOUNDS)