Author:
Wilcox, Clyde, 1953-
Edition Statement:4th ed.
Imprint:Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2011.
Descriptionxiii, 250 p. ; 23 cm.
Note: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? -- 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 -- 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 -- 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? -- The future of the Christian right : Can the Christian right expand? ; Can the Christian right come to power? ; Premillennialists in the new millennium.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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