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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822165203321

Autore

McGough Michael <1951->

Titolo

A field guide to the culture wars [[electronic resource] ] : the battle over values from the campaign trail to the classroom / / Michael McGough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2008

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-65079-6

1-282-42072-0

9786612420726

0-313-35108-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Religion, politics, and public life, , 1934-290X

Disciplina

306.0973

306.0973/090511

306.0973090511

Soggetti

Christianity and culture - United States

Christianity and politics - United States

Culture conflict - Religious aspects

Culture conflict - United States

United States Civilization 1970-

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 (p. [129]-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Wars and the rumors of wars -- Fighting faiths -- This I believe -- One nation -- Under God -- In the beginning -- Male and female He created them -- Whose life is it anyway? -- Opposing armies -- Field marshals -- Philosophers -- Financiers -- Battlegrounds -- Congress -- The campaign trail -- Courts -- Classroom -- Culture -- Church -- The field guide: resources.

Sommario/riassunto

Like any realignment in politics, the Democratic takeover of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections inspired a raft of instant analyses. One take on the results that is surely wrong is that the change in control of Congress and the spike in Democratic hopes for the 2008 presidential race mark an end to the culture wars that conventional wisdom blamed (or credited) for George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. This book sets



the stage for a new consideration of the contemporary culture wars by examining their antecedents -from the Scopes trial to Prohibition to the controversy over the Supreme Cour