Family matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family's crusade for the Christian home
Sex and civilization -- Evangelical parenting -- Sex education is a family affair -- Family values and the problem of race in America -- God and gays.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Tuscaloosa
The University of Alabama Press
[2019]
|
| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion and American culture
|
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dobson, James C. 1936-
/ Focus on the family
/ USA
/ Evangelical movement
/ Christianity
/ Family
|
| Further subjects: | B
Focus on the Family (Organization)
B Evangelicalism (United States) History B Families ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B United States B Families Religious aspects Christianity B Dobson, James C ; 1936- B History B Thesis B Evangelicalism B Dobson, James C (1936-) |
| Online Access: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator) |
| Summary: | Sex and civilization -- Evangelical parenting -- Sex education is a family affair -- Family values and the problem of race in America -- God and gays. "Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family's Advice to American Evangelicals by Hilde Løvdal Stephens is an insightful history and analysis of James Dobson's rise to fame, effect on American evangelical culture, and subsequent fall from relevance. Stephens scours through Dobson's books, articles, and other materials published by Focus on the Family in order to explore how evangelicals defined and defended the traditional family as an ideal and as a symbol in an ever-changing world"-- |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitetet i Oslo, 2011, titled: Family matters : James Dobson and Focus on the Family's message to American evangelicals, 1970-2010 Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-278) and index |
| ISBN: | 0817320334 |