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The 2008 U.S. Elections
A Guide for Catholic Voters
by Chau T. Phan, Ph.D.
professor emeritus of political science & web minister
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Books for the 2008 Elections
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 14, 2007: 
Florida Catholic Conference
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns:
U.S.
Elections: Loving our neighbor in a shrinking world
http://www.maryknollogc.org/2008elections/election%20guide%2020081.pdf
(needs
Adobe Reader)
Sisters of Mercy & the Presidential Election
2008, September 27, 2008: Sisters of Mercy Create Election Forum
Sisters of Mercy Election Blog Resources: Sisters
of Mercy, Election 2008: A Practical Resource (pdf.file) Five Steps
to Make Your Voice Heard Six Steps to Prepare to Vote Prayer
St. Anthony Messenger: Election Year Checkup
(February 2008) http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Feb2008/Editorial.asp
americancatholic.org: Election 2008 News
(being constantly updated) http://www.americancatholic.org/news/Election2008/default.asp
Outcome of 08? Presidential Election Will Be
Determined By Catholic Bishops, Posted on March 14th, 2008,
by James Todd in 2008 Election Coverage http://www.bloggernews.net/114464
Prayers
Novena
for Faithful Citizenship
Books for the 2008
Elections: Links go directly to Amazon.com (posted Sep.
29, 2008)
Click on each cover below to see its Table of Contents
The
Catholic Vote: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Clarke E. Cochran
& David Carroll Cochran. Orbis
Books, 144 pp., paperback, $16.00,
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“I’m a Catholic—What should I be thinking about before I cast my vote?”
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The Catholic Vote is an accessible guide to issues Catholics should consider
before going to the polls. Based on the Catholic values of life, dignity,
solidarity, and proper stewardship, its five concise chapters describe
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the importance of participating in the political life of a community,
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the extent to which Catholic values influence Catholic voter choices,
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the significant issues,
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how to evaluate candidates for office, and
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how the Catholic tradition can transform our political landscape.
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Issues covered include the economy, poverty, health care, family, crime,
waging war, race and ethnicity, immigration, the environment, and protecting
human life.
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Clarke E. Cochran is a professor of political science at Texas Tech University
in Lubbock, Texas, and the author of American Public Policy: An Introduction
and co-author of Catholics, Politics, and Public Policy: Beyond Left and
Right.
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David Carroll Cochran is an associate professor of politics at Loras College
in Dubuque, Iowa and the director of the Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic
Intellectual and Spiritual Life at Loras College and the Archdiocese of
Dubuque. He is the author of The Color of Freedom: Race and Contemporary
American Liberalism and the co-author of Catholics, Politics, and Public
Policy: Beyond Left and Right.
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Table
of Contents (needs Adobe Reader)
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Chapter Preview: Chapter
1: Politics and Catholic Teaching (needs Adobe Reader)
Render
Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living our Catholic Beliefs in Political
Life, by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
(Table of Contents)
Book review by Catholic News Agency: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=367
A
Nation for All: How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good Can Save America
from the Politics of Division, by Chris Korzen, Alexia Kelley
(Table of Contents)
Election Day Checklist
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Catholic
Bishops of Florida Election Year Statement: Vote
with a properly formed conscience in order to defend human life and protect
dignity, September 15, 2008
