Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.

Religion has been in and out of American politics for nearly our whole history. Right now the conservative religious message is more vocal.

I don't think McCain does that. He is only lightly attracted to the religious right, or not attracted, if you watch his shifting position on gay marriage.

The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion

The political vision of the religious right is for the most part an individualistic politics of righteousness, not a communal politics of compassion.

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
Christ's compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.