George Bush's US presidency is an example of how religion in the narrow definition and power in the top down sense combine to rule the world. Bush is an Evangelical Christian.

As president of the US, Bush is perhaps the most powerful man on the planet. The US is the only global superpower; it accounts for a quarter of the world’s wealth and spends as much on its military as the 20 next wealthiest nations in total between them.

Bush is one of the first US presidents to use his faith in an explicit way, that is, as an ethical guide that shapes domestic and foreign policies. Bush’s regime is guided by its religious views. No matter how repugnant they may seem to others, they are employed in building economic and military policy.

On the international stage, an Evangelical Christian belief that the existence of a strong Israeli state is necessary to fulfil Biblical prophesy has led to an unwillingness of the US government to address Israel's intransigence in the Palestinian conflict.

On the social issues of abortion and homosexual marriage, Bush has adopted a traditional position consistent with Euro-American Evangelical Christianity.

Bush’s religious feeling is an indisputable example of how religion rules the world.

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