Onward Christian Soldiers? The Religious Right in American Politics

Name: Onward Christian Soldiers? The Religious Right in American Politics
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ISBN: 9780813344539

ISBN-10: 0813344530

ISBN-13: 9780813344539

Edition: 4th 2010

Authors: Clyde Wilcox, Carin Robinson

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Bringing the story of the religious right up to the Obama administration, this revised fourth edition explores the history of the movement in twentieth and early twenty-first century American politics. The authors review the expansion of the Christian right through George W. Bushrs"s second administration and evaluate how the religious right fared in the 2006 and 2008 elections. Although figureheads of the religious right remain in the news, their power in Washington may be declining, and the authors consider the fate of the religious right under the Obama administration. Examining how the religious right both does and does not fit into the proper role of religious groups in American…

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List price: $49.50
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 7/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Introduction: The Christian Right in Context


What Is the Christian Right?


The Controversy


The First Amendment and Church and State


Religion and Politics in America


A Culture War?


Conclusion and Overview of the Book



Revivals and Revolution: The Christian Right in Twentieth-Century America


The Fundamentalist Religious Revolt


The Fundamentalist Political Revolt


The Anticommunist Crusades


The Fundamentalist Right of the 1980s


The Robertson Campaign


The Christian Right, 1920-1990: Continuity and Change


A Second Coming? The Christian Right, 1990-2004


The Passing of the Guard: The Christian Right After 2004


The Target Constituency of the Christian Right


Conclusion



The Christian Right in American Politics


The Christian Right in the First Decade of the New Millennium


Christian Right Action in Electoral Politics


Lobbying Government


Conclusion



Assessing the Christian Right


Why Do People Support or Join the Christian Right?


The Christian Right and American Democracy


The Christian Right Agenda: Is It Radical or Mainstream?


Conclusion



The Future of the Christian Right


Can the Christian Right Expand?


Can the Christian Right Come to Power?


Premillennialists in the New Millennium


Conclusion


Discussion Questions


Glossary


Notes


References


Index