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- Title
Faith and decision-making in the Bush presidency: The God elephant in the middle of America's living- room.
- Authors
O'Neill, Louisa-Jayne
- Abstract
In 'The Sacred Canopy' Peter Berger explores religion as a sense-making mechanism by which mankind creates an order from, or imposes it upon, the world around him. More recently, Dr David Snowden of Cardiff University has built on his own work with IBM systems to develop the Cynefin framework which further explores the relationship between man, experience and context as a mechanism to improve policy formulation**. This paper seeks to provide an analysis of policy-making within the current Bush administration and the impact of Faith upon that process as expressed through the Cynefin framework. It considers in particular how President George W Bush's reported religious sensibilities may be viewed as an effort to straddle the divide between order and chaos. It also examines the evolving relationship between a tightened US security policy and deregulated implementation. Finally, it explores the implications for the nature of the Presidency and impact on religious congregations in the US.
- Publication
Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 2004, Vol 6, Issue 1/2, p149
- ISSN
1521-3250
- Publication type
Academic Journal