The Rapture of Politics: Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000

ISBN-13: 9781560008026 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 152 str.

Steve Bruce; Peter Kivisto; William Swatos

Opis

Steve Bruce takes aim at sociologists of religion who, in his estimation, have exaggerated the strength of the New Christian Righ. The Rapture of Politics will be of interest to political scientists, theologians, sociologists, and scholars of American culture.

Spis treści

The Rise or Fall of the Christian Right? Conflicting Reports from the Frontline 1. The Inevitable Failure of the New Christian Right 2. Premillennialists at the Millennium: Some Reflections on the Christian Right in the Twenty-first Century 3. What Relates to Vote for Three Religious Categories? 4. Religion and Family Values in Presidential Voting 5. The Mood of America in the 1980s: Some Further Observations on Sociomoral Issues 6. Religious Voting Blocs in the 1992 Election: The Year of the Evangelical? 7. Pat Robertson and the GOP: 1988 and Beyond 8. From Revolution to Evolution: The Changing Nature of the Christian Right Epilogue, On Being Right and Religious: A Plea for Complexity

O autorze

Steve Bruce