Religion And Politics In The United States And Germany

Religion And Politics In The United States And Germany: "Long-held assumptions that Germany, Europe, and the United States constitute a 'community of values' have been called into question by recent polling data suggesting significant differences in German and American social values. The divergence appears particularly striking when one examines attitudes toward religion and its relationship to political life. This is true both with regard to religion defined more narrowly as an organized community of faith or, in its broader sense, as a overarching world view, perspective, or framework oriented toward religious values that transcends confessional divisions."