Screen LibraryMoral minority : the evangelical left in an age of conservatism /
Moral Minority charts the rise and fall of the evangelical left, a movement ignored by the Democratic Party in the 1970s and alienated by the Republican Party in the 1980s but whose activism pointed broader evangelicalism toward social justice.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©2012 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Politics and culture in modern america
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| Summary: |
Moral Minority charts the rise and fall of the evangelical left, a movement ignored by the Democratic Party in the 1970s and alienated by the Republican Party in the 1980s but whose activism pointed broader evangelicalism toward social justice. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 25 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812207682 |
| Index Number: | BR1642 |
| CLC: | B979.712 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Carl Henry and Neo- Evangelical Social Engagement -- CHAPTER 2. John Alexander and Racial Justice -- CHAPTER 3. Jim Wallis and Vietnam -- CHAPTER 4. Mark Hatfield and Electoral Politics -- CHAPTER 5. Sharon Gallagher and the Politics of Spiritual Community -- CHAPTER 6. Samuel Escobar and the Global Reflex -- CHAPTER 7. Richard Mouw and the Reforming of Evangelical Politics -- CHAPTER 8. Ron Sider and the Politics of Simple Living -- CHAPTER 9. The Chicago Declaration and a United Progressive Front -- CHAPTER 10. Identity Politics and a Fragmenting Coalition -- CHAPTER 11. The Limits of Electoral Politics -- CHAPTER 12. Sojourning -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX: THE CHICAGO DECLARATION OF EVANGELICAL SOCIAL CONCERN -- ARCHIVES -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |