The politics of worship
In my earlier post about John Edwards, that bit about Edwards' father being a deacon in the church was fascinating. Not because it's about the church but because it's about the politics of being a deacon.
My father was a pastor. I saw his political struggles with the church board up close and personal. Many years later, when I became an executive board member at my synagogue, I experienced the whole thing again from the reverse perspective. And you know what? Whether you're Christian or Jewish, the politics are all the same.
Now, my hunch is that my own children are (among other things) third-generation political scientists with an advanced degree in that hottest of growth industries: the politics of worship.