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Auteur(s) : Schäfer, Axel R.
Titre(s) : Countercultural conservatives [Texte imprimé] : American evangelicalism from the postwar revival to the New Christian Right / Axel R. Schäfer
Publication : Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2011
Description matérielle : xi, 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Studies in American thought and culture
Lien à la collection : Studies in American thought and culture
Comprend : Introduction : beyond the "backlash" ; The enigma of conservative Protestantism ;
The postwar neo-evangelical awakening ; The evangelical left and the 1960s ; The
rise of the Christian right ; Conclusion : new perspectives on American evangelicalism.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Today Christian evangelicals appear to form a solid conservative bloc, but it was
not always so. In the mid-twentieth century, far more evangelicals supported such
"liberal" causes as peace, social justice, and environmental protection. Only gradually
did the conservative evangelical faction win dominance, allying with the Republican
Party of Ronald Reagan and, eventually, George W. Bush. In Countercultural Conservatives,
Axel Schäfer traces the evolution of a diffuse and pluralistic movement into the
political force of the New Christian Right. In forging its complex theological and
political identity, evangelicalism did not simply reject the ideas of 1960s counterculture,
Schäfer argues. For all their strict Biblicism and uncompromising morality, evangelicals
absorbed and extended key aspects of the countercultural worldview. Carefully examining
evangelicalism's internal dynamics, fissures, and coalitions, this book offers an
intriguing reinterpretation of the most important development in American religion
and politics since World War II. - Publisher
Sujet(s) : Évangélisme -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Droite religieuse -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Christianisme et politique -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780299285241 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0299285243 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9780299285234 (e-book). - ISBN 0299285235 (e-book)
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