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Counterculture Conservatives
Axel R. Schafer
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Paperback. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
In the mid-twentieth century, far more evangelicals supported such “liberal” causes as peace, social justice, and environmental protection. Only gradually did the conservative evangelical faction win dominance, allying with the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan and, eventually, George W. Bush.
In Countercultural Conservatives Axel Schäfer traces the evolution of a diffuse and pluralistic movement into the political force of the New Christian Right. In forging its complex theological and political identity, evangelicalism did not simply reject the ideas of 1960s counterculture, Schäfer argues. For all their strict Biblicism and uncompromising morality, evangelicals absorbed and extended key aspects of the ... Read more
In the mid-twentieth century, far more evangelicals supported such “liberal” causes as peace, social justice, and environmental protection. Only gradually did the conservative evangelical faction win dominance, allying with the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan and, eventually, George W. Bush.
In Countercultural Conservatives Axel Schäfer traces the evolution of a diffuse and pluralistic movement into the political force of the New Christian Right. In forging its complex theological and political identity, evangelicalism did not simply reject the ideas of 1960s counterculture, Schäfer argues. For all their strict Biblicism and uncompromising morality, evangelicals absorbed and extended key aspects of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Studies in American Thought and Culture
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299285241
SKU
V9780299285241
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About Axel R. Schafer
Axel R. Schafer is director of the David Bruce Centre for American Studies at Keele University, UK, and author of American Progressives and German Social Reform, 1875-1920.
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