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God is a conservative : religion, politics, and morality in contemporary America / Kenneth J. Heineman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585327246
  • 9780585327242
  • 0814735541
  • 9780814735541
  • 9780814744796
  • 0814744796
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: God is a conservative.DDC classification:
  • 973.92 21
LOC classification:
  • E839.5 .H45 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Heaven Can't Wait -- 1. Reaping the Whirlwind: 1968 -- 2. Deluge '72 -- 3. J.C. Saves in '76 -- 4. The Great Awakening: 1980 -- 5. "It's Morning in America": 1984 -- 6. "A Thousand Points of Light": 1988 -- 7. "Godspeak": 1992 -- 8. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": 1996 -- Epilogue: There Is No Money in Social Conservatism.
Summary: By tracking the political evolution of such influential leaders as Patrick Buchanan, Michael Novak, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Falwell, and importantly their constituencies, Heineman reveals the profoundly religious nature of contemporary conservatism. His book offers look at the social history of moral politics over the last three decades and the still-tremorous aftershocks of the New Deal.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-323) and index.

Introduction: Heaven Can't Wait -- 1. Reaping the Whirlwind: 1968 -- 2. Deluge '72 -- 3. J.C. Saves in '76 -- 4. The Great Awakening: 1980 -- 5. "It's Morning in America": 1984 -- 6. "A Thousand Points of Light": 1988 -- 7. "Godspeak": 1992 -- 8. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": 1996 -- Epilogue: There Is No Money in Social Conservatism.

By tracking the political evolution of such influential leaders as Patrick Buchanan, Michael Novak, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Falwell, and importantly their constituencies, Heineman reveals the profoundly religious nature of contemporary conservatism. His book offers look at the social history of moral politics over the last three decades and the still-tremorous aftershocks of the New Deal.

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