God's Own Party The Making of the Christian Right

Name: God's Own Party The Making of the Christian Right
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ISBN: 9780199929061

ISBN-10: 0199929068

ISBN-13: 9780199929061

Edition: 2012

Authors: Daniel K. Williams

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When the Christian Right burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, many political observers were shocked. But, asGod's Own Partydemonstrates, they shouldn't have been. The Christian Right goes back much farther than most journalists, political scientists, and historians realize. Relying on extensive archival and primary source research, Daniel K. Williams presents the first comprehensive history of the Christian Right, uncovering how evangelicals came to see the Republican Party as the vehicle through which they could reclaim America as a Christian nation. A fascinating and much-needed account of a key force in American politics,God's Own Partyis the only full-scale analysis of the electoral…

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List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.25" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Introduction



From Isolation to Influence



The Emergence of a Fundamentalist Right



God and Country during the Kennedy Presidency



The Christian Silent Majority



Nixon's Evangelical Strategy



The Grassroots Campaign to Save the Family



Culture Wars in the Carter Years



Moral Majority



Reagan



Crashing the Party



Capturing the White House


Notes


Index