With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America (Pbs Series) - Softcover

Martin, William C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553067494 ISBN 13: 9780553067491

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

Presents an account of the rise of the Christian right and its influence on American politics, based on extensive interviews with key figures and new research

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About the Author

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.

From the Inside Flap

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553067494
• ISBN 13: 9780553067491
• Binding: Paperback