The truth about conservative Christians : what they think and what they believe / Andrew Greeley & Michael Hout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-

Contributor:

Hout, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian conservatism--United States.

Christian conservatism.

Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Conservatism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ever since the reelection of President Bush, conservative Christians have been stereotyped in the popular media: Bible-thumping militants and anti-intellectual zealots determined to impose their convictions on such matters as evolution, school prayer, pornography, abortion, and homosexuality on the rest of us. But conservative Christians are not as fanatical or intractable as many people think, nor are they necessarily the monolithic voting block or political base that kept Bush in power. Andrew M. Greeley and Michael Hout's eye-opening book expertly conveys the complexity

Contents:

The religion of conservative Christians: a return to the reformation?

Conservative Christians in American politics

The politics of conservative Christianity in black and white

Freedom, inequality, and conservative Christianity

A social portrait of conservative Christians

Conservative Christian growth: membership begins at home

Conservative Christians in the "sexual revolution"

The conservative Christian family and the "feminist revolution"

Happiness and lifestyle among conservative Christians

The Pentecostals: ultimate conservative Christians

Conservative Christians and Catholics: too estranged for alliance

Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-201) and index.

ISBN:

9786611956967

9781281956965

1281956961

9780226306759

0226306755

OCLC:

476229826