Evangelicals in the White House: The Cultural Maturation of Born Again Christianity, 1960-1981

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Edwin Mellen Press, 1981 - Religion - 171 pages
This text seeks to distinguish between moderate press on and conservative hold fast evangelicals, characterizing Jimmy Carter as the former and Ronald Reagan as the latter, and attributes Reagan's and the hold fast evangelicals' political successes to their mastery of computer and television technology.
 

Contents

The Cultural Maturation of Born Again
3
The Fortunes of the OldTime Religion
11
The 1960s A Fundamental Shift
20
Years of Distress 19681974
31
The Instant Impasse Evangelicals
45
Male and Female The Evangelical Stalemate
60
The Hold and Press in the Public Arena
68
1976 The Takeoff Year
83
The Family as Survival Unit
89
Marabelle Morgan
98
Preserving the Faith
106
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