{"product_id":"20-myths-about-religion-and-politics-in-america-9781506482019","title":"20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe way most people think about religion and politics is only loosely linked to empirical reality, argues Ryan P. Burge in \u003ci\u003e20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America\u003c\/i\u003e. Instead, our thinking is based on anecdotes, a quick scan of news headlines, or worse, flat-out lies told by voices trying to push a religious or political agenda on a distracted public.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurge sees this fundamentally flawed understanding of the world around us and our misperceptions about where we fit into the larger fabric of society as caustic for the future of American politics and religion. Without an accurate picture of our society, when we subscribe to only caricatures of what our country looks like, we never really address the problems facing us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStriving to be an impartial referee, Burge describes with accessible and engaging prose--and illustrates with dozens of clear, helpful graphs--what the data says. Step by step, he debunks twenty myths, using rigorous data analysis and straightforward explanations. He gives readers the resources to adopt an empirical view of the world that can help all of us, religious and nonreligious alike, get past at least some of the unsupported beliefs that divide us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurge, Ryan P.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRyan P. Burge\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. Author of numerous journal articles, he is the cofounder of and a frequent contributor to Religion in Public, a forum for scholars of religion and politics to make their work accessible to a general audience. Burge is a pastor in the American Baptist Church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485367701778,"sku":"9781506482019","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_914998a0-c060-44ce-a05f-e9d028f19115.jpg?v=1730404029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/20-myths-about-religion-and-politics-in-america-9781506482019","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}