Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Preface -- About the authors -- 1. The religious right in America -- 2. Chronology -- 3. Biographical profiles -- David Barton -- Gary L. Bauer -- Robert J. Billings -- Bill Bright -- William Jennings Bryan -- Edgar C. Bundy -- Charles E. Coughlin -- John Nelson Darby -- James C. Dobson -- Colonel V. Doner -- Jerry Falwell -- William Franklin Graham -- Robert Grant -- John Hagee -- Ted Haggard -- Hank Hanegraaff -- Billy James Hargis -- Gary Jarmin -- Bob Jones, Sr -- D. James Kennedy -- Beverly LaHaye -- Tim LaHaye -- Richard Land -- Hal Lindsey -- J. Gresham Machen -- Clarence E. Manion -- Edward E. McAteer -- Carl McIntire -- Joyce Meyer -- Dwight Lyman Moody -- Richard John Neuhaus -- Cardinal John O'Connor -- Marvin Olasky -- Rodney Lee Parsley -- Paige Patterson -- Tony Perkins -- Paul Pressler -- Ralph Reed -- Marion Gordon Robertson -- James Robison -- Hugh Ross -- Rick Santorum -- Francis Schaeffer -- Frederick Charles Schwarz -- Cyrus Ingerson Scofield -- Jay Alan Sekulow -- R.C. Sproul -- Randy Tate -- Cal Thomas -- Rick Warren -- Robert H.W. Welch, Jr -- Paul Weyrich -- Donald Ellis Wildmon.

4. Analysis of survey data -- Religion and the American population -- Political preferences -- Policy preferences -- Social and moral issues -- Potential for success -- 5. Primary documents & quotations -- Religious Right views -- America's Christian heritage -- Antiabortion -- Anticommunism -- Biblical inerrancy -- Compassionate conservatism -- Culture and the culture war -- Economics and capitalism -- Education -- End times -- Environmentalism -- Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design -- Foreign policy -- Homosexuality -- Patriotism -- Political activism and strategy -- Prayer in the schools -- Reconstructionism -- Right to bear arms -- Secular humanism -- Taxation -- Commentary on the Religious Right -- culture and the culture war -- End times -- Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design -- Foreign policy -- Fundamentalism -- Political activism and strategy.

6. Directory of organizations -- Organizations in favor of the Religious Right -- Organizations critical of the Religious Right -- 7. Suggested readings -- Works about the Religious Right -- Biographies -- Religious studies -- The Religious Right and politics -- Works from the Religious Right -- The Religious Right worldview -- Political and economic issues -- Personal and family topics -- Millenarianism -- Periodicals from Religious Right organizations -- 8. Selected multimedia resources -- Multiple formats -- DVDs -- Videotapes -- Audiotapes -- CD-ROMs -- Radio and television programs -- Internet resources -- Glossary -- Index.

Examines the religious right and its influence on our government, citizens, society, and politics. Offers a critical historical survey of the religious right movement, focusing on its increased involvement in the political arena, attempts to forge coalitions, and notable successes and failures.

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