| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index. |
| Contents |
Religion of conservative Christians : a return to the Reformation? -- Conservative Christians in American politics -- Politics of conservative Christianity in black and white -- Freedom, inequality, and conservative Christianity -- A social portrait of conservative Christians -- Conservative Christian growth : membership begins at home -- Conservative Christians in the "sexual revolution" -- Conservative Christian family and the "feminist revolution" -- Happiness and lifestyle among conservative Christians -- Pentecostals : ultimate conservative Christians -- Conservative Christians and Catholics : too estranged for alliance -- Conclusions -- Appendix : Regression results for models of vote and party. |
| Summary |
Ever since the reelection of President Bush, conservative Christians have been stereotyped in the popular media: Bible-thumping militants and anti-intellectual zealots determined to impose their convictions on such matters as evolution, school prayer, pornography, abortion, and homosexuality on the rest of us. But conservative Christians are not as fanatical or intractable as many people think, nor are they necessarily the monolithic voting block or political base that kept Bush in power. Andrew M. Greeley and Michael Hout's eye-opening book expertly conveys the complexity, variety, and sensib. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christian conservatism -- United States.
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Christian conservatism. |
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United States. |
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Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hout, Michael.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greeley, Andrew M., 1928- Truth about conservative Christians. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006 0226306623 9780226306629 (DLC) 2006015672 (OCoLC)69241404 |
| ISBN |
9780226306759 (electronic book) |
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0226306755 (electronic book) |
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0226306623 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226306629 |
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1281956961 |
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9781281956965 |
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