Stumping God : Reagan, Carter, and the invention of a political faith / Andrew P. Hogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogue, Andrew P., 1981-

Series:

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 13.

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Religion and politics--United States--History--20th century.

Religion and politics.

Presidents--United States--Election--1976.

Presidents--United States--Election--1980.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than three decades, American presidential candidates have desperately sought the conservative Evangelical vote. With an ever broadening base of support, the Evangelical movement in America may now seem to many a very powerful lobbyist on Capitol Hill. As Andrew Hogue shows, however, this was not always the case. In Stumping God Hogue deconstructs the 1980 presidential election, in which Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter and John B. Anderson, and uncovers a disproportionately heavy reliance on religious rhetoric-a rhetoric that would be the catalyst for a new er

Contents:

Introduction

Religion and American conservatism: a rhetorical history, 1944-1979

American change and religious engagement, 1942-1976

Raising the rhetoric of righteousness: the pivotal 1976 election

Two roads diverged: religious conservatives and the Carter disappointment

The birth of a new religious politics in 1980

The legacy of 1980 at the dawn of a new era: lessons for religion and politics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613699893

9781280789502

1280789506

9781602584310

1602584311

OCLC:

802047926