In defense of the religious right
Subtitle: why conservative Christians are the lifeblood of the Republican Party and why that terrifies the Democrats
By: Patrick Hynes.
Publisher: Nelson Current
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Religion; Christian conservatism -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: A demonization campaign is afoot to marginalize conservative Christians from public life. First the pundits tried to whitewash the role Christian "moral values" voters played in the 2004 election. Then they smeared Christians as "theocrats" and compared them to the Mullahs in Iran. Now Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean has threatened to use the IRS to silence them. For the first time, respected political analyst Patrick Hynes steps up to the plate to defend religious conservatives. -- BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: New paranoid style; title: In the beginning; title: GOP; title: God's Own Party?; title: 1994; title: Janet vs. Mel; title: Thirty million Jesus freaks can't be wrong; title: Mere Christians; title: I scream, you scream, but we are the mainstream; title: Onward, secular soldiers; title: Fakers, the secularlites, and the leftwing theocrats.