Alan: This is an exceptionally good Diane Rehm Show.
E.J. Dionne is particularly insightful.
He describes the overwhelming preference of Catholics for Social Justice rather than single issue obduracey over abortion that characterizes fundamentalist and Evangelical passion for intransigence, not only on religious matters but in politics as well.
A voter fills in his ballot at a polling station at a church on the south side of Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Join Diane and her guests for a discussion about how religious beliefs are informing political convictions in the 2012 election.
Guests
Jonathan Haidt
social psychologist and author of "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics And Religion."
E.J. Dionne Jr.
senior fellow, Brookings Institution. Author of "Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent."
Michael Gerson
syndicated columnist, author of "City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era."
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