03202nam 2200697 a 450 991045501660332120200520144314.01-282-42072-097866124207260-313-35108-2(CKB)1000000000767286(EBL)492117(OCoLC)428733970(SSID)ssj0000154500(PQKBManifestationID)11164518(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154500(PQKBWorkID)10408243(PQKB)10493711(MiAaPQ)EBC4643486(MiAaPQ)EBC492117(Au-PeEL)EBL492117(CaPaEBR)ebr10323701(CaONFJC)MIL242072(EXLCZ)99100000000076728620080826d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA field guide to the culture wars[electronic resource] the battle over values from the campaign trail to the classroom /Michael McGoughWestport, Conn. Praeger20091 online resource (164 p.)Religion, politics, and public life,1934-290XDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-35107-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-139) and index.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.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 CourReligion, politics, and public life.Christianity and politicsUnited StatesChristianity and cultureUnited StatesCulture conflictReligious aspectsCulture conflictUnited StatesUnited StatesCivilization1970-Electronic books.Christianity and politicsChristianity and cultureCulture conflictReligious aspects.Culture conflict306.0973306.0973/090511306.0973090511McGough Michael1951-942383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455016603321A field guide to the culture wars2126577UNINA