Family matters : James Dobson and Focus on the Family's crusade for the Christian home / Hilde Løvdal Stephens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Løvdal Stephens, Hilde, 1979- author.

Series:

Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Religion and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dobson, James C., 1936-2025.

Dobson, James C.

Focus on the Family (Organization).

Families--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Families.

Evangelicalism--United States--History.

Evangelicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

The University of Alabama Press 2019

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2019]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sex and civilization

Evangelical parenting

Sex education is a family affair

Family values and the problem of race in America

God and gays.

Notes:

Revision of the 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.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-9260-2