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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816758203321

Autore

Hansen Susan B

Titolo

Religion and reaction : the secular political challenge to the religious right / / Susan B. Hansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011

ISBN

1-283-23379-7

9786613233790

1-4422-1107-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

322/.10973

Soggetti

Religious right - United States

Christianity and politics - United States

United States Church history 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The secular challenge to the religious right -- Explaining the growth in seculars in the United States -- Religiosity, public opinion, and political involvement -- Party differences, religious "threat," and voter mobilization -- Secular and religious right organizations : challenges and alliances -- Case studies in countervailing power -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

While the Religious Right has received considerable scholarly attention and media coverage in recent years, the story of the growing number of Secular Americans-those who identify themselves as atheists, agnostics, or as not having any religious ties-has yet to be told. In the first book devoted exclusively to Seculars, Susan B. Hansen argues that they are not only increasing in number and political involvement, but have devised strategies and alliances to counter the organization advantages of the Religious Right and its roots in church-based groups and the Republican party.