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Jerry Falwell and the Rise of the Religious Right A Brief History with Documents

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ISBN-10: 1457611104

ISBN-13: 9781457611100

Edition: 2013

Authors: Matthew Sutton

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As one of the most media-savvy ministers in U.S. history, Jerry Falwell figured prominently in the political mobilization of religious conservatives in the 1970s and early 1980s. Falwell’s life and work touched on almost all of the major issues of the time period: the cold war, changing gender roles, civil rights, the revitalization of American conservatism, and the Reagan revolution. In his introductory essay, Matthew Avery Sutton traces Falwell’s politicization and rise to celebrity status, using Falwell as a lens through which to view the larger movement. More than two dozen primary documents focus on the Religious Right’s emergence in the 1970s as a powerful political force and present…    
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Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 10/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English