The radical mind: the origins of right-wing Catholic and Protestant coalition building
"Through a close analysis of New Right architect Paul Weyrich, who is often seen as secular but was a committed Catholic who worked closely with evangelical Protestants, this book explores the way this Catholic-Protestant political alliance was forged by using a shared identity of victimhood to...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lawrence
University Press of Kansas
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in US religion, politics, and law
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ New Christian Right
/ Christianity
/ Politics
/ History 1968-2024
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBQ North America TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Catholic Church
Relations
Protestant churches
B Christianity and politics (United States) B Weyrich, Paul M B Falwell, Jerry B Religious Right (United States) B Christian conservatism (United States) |
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| Summary: | "Through a close analysis of New Right architect Paul Weyrich, who is often seen as secular but was a committed Catholic who worked closely with evangelical Protestants, this book explores the way this Catholic-Protestant political alliance was forged by using a shared identity of victimhood to stitch together disparate religious groups, and then how this new political coalition constructed an imagined past that they projected into the future as the ideal goal. Chelsea Ebin calls this "prefigurative traditionalism" -- a paradoxical prefiguring of a manufactured past. Using this strategy, the new Religious Right obscures the radicality of its politics by framing the movement's aims as reactionary and defensive rather than proactive and offensive. An interdisciplinary work informed by the fields of history, religious studies, public law, and American politics, Prefiguring the Past is an insightful exploration of the origins of the New Christian Right, whose political victories are now radically reshaping the landscape of American society"-- Introduction -- Reconceptualizing backlash -- Paul Weyrich : 1968 and the roots of a (Catholic) radical -- Building the New Right and the new traditional woman -- Jerry Falwell : a fundamentalist phenomenon rises up to meet the grassroots -- Pro-family politics and the political convergence of conservative Catholics and Protestants on the American right -- Epilogue : who is it that overcomes the world? |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 228 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 0700636994 |