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Martin, William C

 
9780553067453: With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
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ISBN 10: 0553067451 ISBN 13: 9780553067453
Editorial: Bantam USA, 1996

Sinopsis

The rise of the Religious Right is one of the most important political and cultural stories of our time. To many, the controversial movement threatens to upset the nation's delicate balance of religious and secular interests. To others, the Religious Right is valiantly struggling to preserve religious liberty and to prove itself the last, best hope to save America's soul. In With God on Our Side - the first balanced account of the impact of conservative Christians on post-war politics - William Martin paints a vivid and authoritative portrait of America's most powerful political interest group.

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William Martin teaches sociology at Rice University, where he is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Religion and Public Policy in the Department of Sociology as well as senior scholar at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

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the Religious Right is one of the most important political and cultural stories of our time.  To many, this controversial movement threatens to upset the nation's delicate balance of religious and secular interests.  To others, the Religious Right is valiantly struggling to preserve religious liberty and to prove itself as the last, best hope to save America's soul.  In With God on Our Side --the first balanced account of conservative Christians' impact on post-war politics--William Martin paints a vivid and authoritative portrait of America's most powerful political interest group.

Although its members now number between forty and sixty million people, the Religious Right has not always carried the tremendous--and growing--political clout it enjoys today.  A hundred years ago, scattered groups of conservative Christians worked fervently to spread the Gospel, but their involvement in politics was marginal.  Early in this centu

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the Religious Right is one of the most important political and cultural stories of our time. To many, this controversial movement threatens to upset the nation's delicate balance of religious and secular interests. To others, the Religious Right is valiantly struggling to preserve religious liberty and to prove itself as the last, best hope to save America's soul. In With God on Our Side --the first balanced account of conservative Christians' impact on post-war politics--William Martin paints a vivid and authoritative portrait of America's most powerful political interest group.

Although its members now number between forty and sixty million people, the Religious Right has not always carried the tremendous--and growing--political clout it enjoys today. A hundred years ago, scattered groups of conservative Christians worked fervently to spread the Gospel, but their involvement in politics was marginal. Early in this centu

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Editorial
Bantam USA
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0553067451
ISBN 13 
9780553067453
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
418
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