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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Religious Right"”.
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For God and Country: The Religious Right, the Reagan Administration, and the Cold War
… in American politics. Dubbed the New Christian Right by some, the Religious Right or the Christian Right by others, these figures immediately became very vocal about the need to restore morality to American society and to insure that the United States retained its position as a preeminent …
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Guatemala's perfect storm : the relationship between General Efraín Ríos Montt, the news media, and the U.S religious right.
… media used rhetoric to discredit on Ríos Montt's religious convictions while the religious press cast suspicion on the human rights accusations leveled against him. This thesis will fill this gap in the current discussions of Ríos Montt's role in Guatemala's history. By looking in-depth at media …
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The spirit of networks: new media and the changing role of religion in American public life
… of new media for the future of American religious politics. I argue that we are at a critical juncture in both media and religion, similar to the early days of radio broadcasting. The outcome of that earlier juncture involved an increase in media commercialization and the proliferation of …
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Francis A. Schaeffer : the force behind the evangelical takeover of the Republican Party in America
… years or so, Americans have been involved in a religious/political struggle that has divided the nation. The struggle has impacted American government, culture, the economy, and international relations. It has divided the American people, almost evenly between so-called secularist, who favor …
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Querying the Church: Christian Church Leaders' Perspectives on Homosexuality
… maintain a variety of views which range from outright condemnation to complete acceptance. The purpose of this study was to identify the perspectives on homosexuality that exist among Christian church leaders in the Toledo area. A qualitative research methodology was utilized for this study. Two …
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Radical Religious Rebels: The Rise and Fall of Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority.
… impact that Jerry Falwell had upon the rise of religious fundamentalism within the United States during the latter part of the 20th century. By elucidating the various factors that led Jerry Falwell from a little-known minister from Lynchburg, Virginia to becoming the figurehead of the movement …
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James M. Dunn and soul freedom : a paradigm for Baptist political engagement in the public arena.
… been the most aggressive Baptist proponent for religious liberty in the United States. As the leader of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Dunn's understanding of church-state separation was a battleground in the Southern Baptist Controversy of the 1980s. "Conservative Resurgence" …
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For the Love of God?! Is there a place for Gay Christians between Faith and Fundamentalism?
… culture war being waged in the media between the Religious Right and members of the LGBT community often results in the isolation and rejection of those who would define themselves as gay Christians. This thesis explores the role of the Bible as it informs and catalyzes this war and other …
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Strategy not scripture: the dynamics of religion and politics in the George W. Bush campaign of 2000
… an area perpetually fraught with concern for the religious-political union. The common inference was that Bush, unlike any other president, with his seemingly overt display religiosity was in complete accord with the agenda of Conservative Christians, most notably the Religious Right. In …
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Honor, Shame, and Redemption: Explicating the American Evangelical Right's Moral Worldview Regarding Same-Sex Marriage and Abortion
<p>With the rise of the New Religious Right in American politics, same-sex marriage and abortion emerged as the seminal political issues in a burgeoning culture wars narrative. While previous literature in the sociology of religion and political science fields has examined conservative evangelical …
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John Witherspoon and the right of resistance
… of John Withexspoon: His steadfast belief in the right of resistance. A product of the Reformation and Enlightenment movements, this doctrine offered justification for questioning the authority of magistrates acting contrary to their sovereignty: it further compelled disobedience to unjust laws …
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God's army : religious conservatives at the 1992 Republican National Convention.
Before 1992, religious conservatives had been an important voting bloc for Republican presidential candidates. They provided crucial monetary and organizational support, but they were often dissatisfied with their lack of prominence within the party. The 1992 Republican National Convention marked a …
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“Stepsons and Stepdaughters”: Chosen Communities, Religion, Faith, and LGBT Liberation
… new roles the LGBT movement took on in place of religious and faith-based communities. The new discourse behind the LGBT rights movement’s recent popularity and credibility in popular culture in the U.S. created a generation of activists who grew up both within and outside of religious …
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Capturing the Chimera: Ideology and Persuasion in the Rhetoric of Soulforce
For more than half a century, gay rights organizations have sought cultural and political equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in society. The organization Soulforce continues that legacy, but from a distinctive perspective. Soulforce, has positioned itself in a unique …
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God’s Chosen Candidate Pulpit Freedom Sunday and the Reshaping of Evangelical Political Mobilization, Pulpit Politicking, and Church-State Relations
… as political actors, and the uneasy place of religious authority within a secularizing political order. This dissertation examines these questions through a mixed-methods analysis of sermons delivered from 1990 to 2024, focusing on Calvary Chapel Chino Hills (CCCH), a PFS participant, and …
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A theopolitical study concerning the interrelation between the Government of National Unity and religion in post-apartheid South Africa (1988-1999) with specific reference to the Dutch Reformed Church and the Anglican Church
… and secular laws as imposed on a fervently religious country. Theopoiitics, as described as the continual interrelationship between government and church, is firmly cemented in South Africa. Nevertheless, how far would the secular, socialist-inclined government go in distancing itself from …