No longer exiles
Subtitle: the religious new right in American politics
By: edited by Michael Cromartie.
Contributors: Cromartie, Michael.; Ethics and Public Policy Center (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: Ethics and Public Policy Center; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Fundamentalism -- History -- Congresses.; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981 -- Congresses.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989 -- Congresses.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993 -- Congresses.; United States -- Church history -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Other titles: Religious new right in American politics.
Description: The controversial "Religious New Right" formed a crucial part of the Reagan coalition and helped transform the political life of several regions. Though it failed to produce a viable presidential candidate in the 1980s, its power is still very much in evidence. The movement could rightly boast of many platform victories at the 1992 Republican party convention in Houston. In this provocative collection nine distinguished observers give their assessments of what the Religious New Right has achieved and what its potential is for the rest of this decade. Historian George Marsden of Notre Dame, sociologist Robert Wuthnow of Princeton, and political scientists Robert Booth Fowler of the University of Wisconsin and Corwin Smidt of Calvin College ponder its past and future from their varying perspectives. Five other scholars - James L. Guth, Carl F.H. Henry, James Davison Hunter, Grant Wacker, and George Weigel - offer challenging responses, and nine prominent activists and experts add insightful comments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Four papers, followed by commentary, originally presented at a conference held in Washington, DC, in November, 1990, organized by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.