God's Own Party

The Making of the Christian Right
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-992906-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

When the Christian Right burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, many political observers were shocked. But, as God's Own Party demonstrates, 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 Party is the only full-scale analysis of the electoral shifts, cultural changes, and political activists at the movement's core--showing how the Christian Right redefined politics as we know it.

Zielgruppe

Students, scholars, and general readers interested in religion, politics, and American history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Daniel K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1: From Isolation to Influence
Chapter 2: The Emergence of a Fundamentalist Right
Chapter 3: God and Country during the Kennedy Presidency
Chapter 4: The Christian Silent Majority
Chapter 5: Nixon's Evangelical Strategy
Chapter 6: The Grassroots Campaign to Save the Family
Chapter 7: Culture Wars in the Carter Years
Chapter 8: Moral Majority
Chapter 9: Reagan
Chapter 10: Crashing the Party
Chapter 11: Capturing the White House
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Associate Professor of History at the University of West Georgia.