Jesus Politics, the Bible, & the Ballot
In Jesus Politics, the Bible, & the Ballot, Israeli filmmaker Ilan Ziv goes on a 2,000-mile journey across the country stopping at isolated towns and farms, rural churches and mosques to discover the complex relationship between faith and politics during the 2008 presidential primary elections.
Despite a long tradition of separating church from state, America’s religious communities and grassroots organizations are having an increasingly powerful role in the political process. In Jesus Politics, the Bible, & the Ballot, Israeli filmmaker Ilan Ziv goes on a 2,000-mile journey across the country stopping at isolated towns and farms, rural churches, and mosques to discover the complex relationship between faith and politics during the 2008 presidential primary elections.