A Crash Course In God and Politics - washingtonpost.com

A Crash Course In God and Politics - washingtonpost.com: "According to the saying, there are two things you should never discuss at a dinner party: religion and politics.

There's nothing that says you can't read about them, though. And as the presidential campaign heats up, U.S. publishers are releasing books on faith and public life.

Frank Lambert's 'Religion in American Politics,' published last month, traces the interplay between pulpits and the public square through nearly two centuries of U.S. history. Some things, he writes, never change."