The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin: What She Believes and What It Means for America
She stepped onto the world stage as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the election of 2008. Previously, she had only been a small town mayor and the governor of a state with slightly more than half a million people. Still, there was something about her. She was pretty, fierce in her conservatism and she seemed undaunted by the slings and arrows of national politics And there was something else, as well: there was a moral force that seemed to shape her life. As the world grew to know...
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As the world grew to know Sarah Palin people began to see the force behind her: a deep, lifelong Christian faith that is the lens through which she views the world, the bedrock of her politics, and even a primary influence upon her personality. Publishers Weekly Mansfield, who has already written about the faiths of George Bush and Barack Obama, joins with writing partner Holland to analyze the faith of the next logical subject: Sarah Palin, a Pentecostal who is among the probable contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Palin, the authors rightly note, is among America's most polarizing figures. This analysis sheds some light on the topic, but not much. The authors say they've done research, but much of their reconstruction of Palin's life and career in Alaska is unsourced and merely rhetorically overheated (Palin's pastor is a "beloved man of god). A chapter about Palin's husband, Todd, is especially lightweight and speculative ("He seems to have lost a sense of himself during this time). Although they spend much time delineating her leadership qualities, they are largely silent about her decision to resign as Alaska's leader. The public record, including Palin's own words, is sufficient for this to have been a more substantive analysis of an important topic. (Sept.)
Introduction 1Section 1 Beginnings1 Roots of Faith and Daring 112 Profile: The Great Land 213 Warrior Rising 314 The Turning 415 Profile: To Be Pentecostal 536 Todd 63Section 1 Afterword Four Truths From Sarah Palin's Beginnings 71Section 2 Politics7 Into the Fray 798 Realignment: The Culture War Comes to the Valley 919 The Palin Political Brand 10310 "If I Die, I Die" 11511 Five Smooth Stones 129Section 2 Afterword Six Pillars of Sarah Palin's Politics 143Section 3 The National Stage12 McCain 14913 Profile: Faith and the Election of 2008 15914 Going Rogue? 16915 The Politics of Personal Destruction 17916 Palin and the Frontrunners for 2012 193Section 3 Afterword Seven Things Sarah Palin Needs to Know 205Epilogue 215Acknowledgments 219Notes 221Index 235
\ Publishers WeeklyMansfield, who has already written about the faiths of George Bush and Barack Obama, joins with writing partner Holland to analyze the faith of the next logical subject: Sarah Palin, a Pentecostal who is among the probable contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Palin, the authors rightly note, is among America's most polarizing figures. This analysis sheds some light on the topic, but not much. The authors say they've done research, but much of their reconstruction of Palin's life and career in Alaska is unsourced and merely rhetorically overheated (Palin's pastor is a "beloved man of god). A chapter about Palin's husband, Todd, is especially lightweight and speculative ("He seems to have lost a sense of himself during this time). Although they spend much time delineating her leadership qualities, they are largely silent about her decision to resign as Alaska's leader. The public record, including Palin's own words, is sufficient for this to have been a more substantive analysis of an important topic. (Sept.)\ \
