Sunday, May 08, 2011

The View From Here: Religious Right

The Religious Right: Introduction

In the last quarter of the twentieth century, the Religious Right emerged as a formidable, and at times, dominant political force in American public life, grabbing headlines, capitalizing on untouched media and print markets, mobilizing previously apolitical Evangelicals, reshaping party platforms, altering the outcome of elections—and in 1994, the entire shape of Congress. Not since the 1920s, when fundamentalists battled modernity on multiple fronts (from prohibition to Darwinism to birth control and flappers) did conservative Christians come to exert such influence in elections and the shaping of the American imagination.....http://goo.gl/m050h

Introduction

Early Stirrings

Moral Majority

Robertson for President

Christian Coalition

Wide Awake Case

Holding On

Links


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More on The Religious Right

http://goo.gl/vIL8o  ( recommended reading - not an lite read )

http://goo.gl/VCNTi

http://goo.gl/DDHKz

http://goo.gl/bMjXE ( videos )

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Meet the Religious Right Charlatan Who Teaches Tea Party America The Totally Pretend History They Want to Hear.....http://goo.gl/SnVXG

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The Family Foundation
http://goo.gl/m1MgV

The webpage of an organization devoted to activism on behalf of the religious right.

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Jerry Falwell Ministries
http://goo.gl/xgMEf

The home page of Jerry Falwell's Christian right organization.

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The Official Site of Pat Robertson
http://goo.gl/HZ1t0

A website devoted to Pat Robertson and his work on behalf of the religious right.