03601nam 22006494a 450 991081899010332120200520144314.01-281-95696-197866119569670-226-30675-510.7208/9780226306759(CKB)1000000000578790(EBL)408597(OCoLC)476229826(SSID)ssj0000262702(PQKBManifestationID)11236220(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262702(PQKBWorkID)10271199(PQKB)11026998(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122970(MiAaPQ)EBC408597(DE-B1597)524588(OCoLC)824151691(DE-B1597)9780226306759(Au-PeEL)EBL408597(CaPaEBR)ebr10265880(CaONFJC)MIL195696(EXLCZ)99100000000057879020060509d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe truth about conservative Christians[electronic resource] what they think and what they believe /Andrew Greeley & Michael HoutChicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-30662-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-201) and index.The religion of conservative Christians: a return to the reformation? -- Conservative Christians in American politics -- The politics of conservative Christianity in black and white -- Freedom, inequality, and conservative Christianity -- A social portrait of conservative Christians -- Conservative Christian growth: membership begins at home -- Conservative Christians in the "sexual revolution" -- The conservative Christian family and the "feminist revolution" -- Happiness and lifestyle among conservative Christians -- The Pentecostals: ultimate conservative Christians -- Conservative Christians and Catholics: too estranged for alliance -- Conclusions.Ever since the reelection of President Bush, conservative Christians have been stereotyped in the popular media: Bible-thumping militants and anti-intellectual zealots determined to impose their convictions on such matters as evolution, school prayer, pornography, abortion, and homosexuality on the rest of us. But conservative Christians are not as fanatical or intractable as many people think, nor are they necessarily the monolithic voting block or political base that kept Bush in power. Andrew M. Greeley and Michael Hout's eye-opening book expertly conveys the complexityChristian conservatismUnited StatesConservatismReligious aspectsChristianityconservative, politics, religion, spirituality, christianity, bush, moral majority, media, stereotypes, homosexuality, abortion, pornography, school prayer, evolution, class, income, jimmy carter, bill clinton, presidency, campaign, inequality, freedom, sexuality, feminism, women, gender, happiness, lifestyle, pentecostals, catholicism, nonfiction.Christian conservatismConservatismReligious aspectsChristianity.277.3/083Greeley Andrew M.1928-1644858Hout Michael102369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818990103321The truth about conservative Christians4099170UNINA