Politics of Evangelical Identity Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the United States and Canada

Name: Politics of Evangelical Identity Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the United States and Canada
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ISBN: 9780691161303

ISBN-10: 0691161305

ISBN-13: 9780691161303

Edition: 2014

Authors: Lydia Bean

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It is now a common refrain among liberals that Christian Right pastors and television pundits have hijacked evangelical Christianity for partisan gain. The Politics of Evangelical Identity challenges this notion, arguing that the hijacking metaphor paints a fundamentally distorted picture of how evangelical churches have become politicized. The book reveals how the powerful coalition between evangelicals and the Republican Party is not merely a creation of political elites who have framed conservative issues in religious language, but is anchored in the lives of local congregations.Drawing on her groundbreaking research at evangelical churches near the U.S. border with Canada--two in…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/29/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 0.10" wide x 0.10" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Lydia Bean is assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University.