Essays & Excerpts

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
P-I Focus: Bush weds religion, politics to form world view
Sunday, August 22, 2004

Excerpt on role of media (Counterpunch)
God Willing? An Echoing Press and Political Fundamentalism
August 24, 2004

Implications of political fundamentalism (ZNet)
Political Fundamentalism and the Bush administration
August 28, 2004

Excerpt on freedom and liberty (Counterpunch)
Keeper of the Faith? God's Will, According to the Bush Administration
September 10, 2004

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bush's political fundamentalism evident in his language (MS Word File)
Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Saint Paul Pioneer Press
Bush's misuse of religion is inexcusable (MS Word File)
Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Seattle Times
Bush's Fundamentalism: The president as prophet (MS Word File)
Thursday, September 23, 2004

Austin American-Statesman
The dangers of Bush fusing fundamentalism and politics
Thursday, October 14, 2004

beliefnet.com
Why Bush Won: A New Religious Coalition
November 4, 2004

Tacoma News Tribune
President Bush and a "theology of war"
November 21, 2004

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
God talk at the inaugural: Bush breaks new ground
January 19, 2005

Therevealer.org
Just another word for everything left to lose
January 21, 2005

Baltimore Sun
Divine Dictates?
February 6, 2005

Mediatransparency.org
Bush, God, and the media
March 7, 2005

Seattle Times
George W. Bush and the gospel of freedom and liberty
May 1, 2005

Sightings, University of Chicago Martin Marty Center
Petitioner or prophet?
May 26, 2005

Baltimore Sun
Media share blame for bad news
August 1, 2005