Stumping God
Subtitle: Reagan, Carter, and the invention of a political faith
By: Andrew P. Hogue
Series: Studies in rhetoric and religion -- 13
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781602584297
Subjects: Presidents; Religion and politics; Election; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Religion and American conservatism: a rhetorical history, 1944-1979; title: American change and religious engagement, 1942-1976; title: Raising the rhetoric of righteousness: the pivotal 1976 election; title: Two roads diverged: religious conservatives and the Carter disappointment; title: The birth of a new religious politics in 1980; title: The legacy of 1980 at the dawn of a new era: lessons for religion and politics.