Format:
Online-Ressource (217 p.)
ISBN:
9780226306629
Content:
Ever since the reelection of President Bush, conservative Christians have been stereotyped in the popular media: Bible-thumping militants and anti-intellectual zealots determined to impose their convictions on such matters as evolution, school prayer, pornography, abortion, and homosexuality on the rest of us. But conservative Christians are not as fanatical or intractable as many people think, nor are they necessarily the monolithic voting block or political base that kept Bush in power. Andrew M. Greeley and Michael Hout's eye-opening book expertly conveys the complexity, variety, and sensib
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Religion of Conservative Christians; Conservative Christians in American Politics; The Politics of Conservative Christianity in Black and White; Freedom, Inequality, and Conservative Christianity; A Social Portrait of Conservative Christians; Conservative Christian Growth; Conservative Christians in the " Sexual Revolution"; The Conservative Christian Family and the " Feminist Revolution"; Happiness and Lifestyle among Conservative Christians; The Pentecostals; Conservative Christians and Catholics; Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; References; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226306759
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226306629
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Truth about Conservative Christians : What They Think and What They Believe
Language:
English
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