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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Figures and Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: The Secular Challenge to the Religious Right; Chapter 2: Explaining the Growth in Seculars in the United States; Chapter 3: Religiosity, Public Opinion, and Political Involvement; Chapter 4: Party Differences, Religious "Threat," and Voter Mobilization; Chapter 5: Secular and Religious Right Organizations; Chapter 6: Case Studies in Countervailing Power; Chapter 7: Conclusion: A More Secular Future America?; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
While the Religious Right has received considerable scholarly attention and media coverage in recent years, the story of the growing number of Secular Americans--those who identify themselves as atheists, agnostics, or as not having any religious ties--hasyet to be told. In the first book devoted exclusively to Seculars, Susan B. Hansen argues that they are not only increasing in number and political involvement, but have devised strategies and alliances to counter the organization advantages of the Religious Right and its roots in church-based groups and the Republican party. Case studies of st. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religious right -- United States.
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Religious right. |
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United States. |
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Christianity and politics -- United States.
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Christianity and politics. |
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United States -- Church history -- 21st century.
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Church history. |
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21st century |
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2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hansen, Susan B. Religion and Reaction : The Secular Political Challenge to the Religious Right. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., ©2011 9781442211056 |
| ISBN |
9781442211070 |
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1442211075 |
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9781442211056 |
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1442211059 |
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