Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction: The Christian Right in Context; What Is the Christian Right; The Context; The First Amendment and Church and State; Religion and Politics in America; A Culture War?; Conclusion and Overview of the Book; 2. Revivals and Revolution: The Christian Right in Twentieth-Century America; The Fundamentalist Religious Revolt; The Fundamentalist Political Revolt; The Anticommunist Crusades; The Fundamentalist Right of the 1980s; The Robertson Campaign; The Christian Right, 1920-1990: Continuity and Change; A Second Coming? The Christian Right in the 1990s; The Target Constituency of the Christian Right; Conclusion; 3. The Christian Right in American Politics; The Christian Right in the 1990s; Christian Right Action in Electoral Politics; Lobbying Government; Conclusion; 4. Assessing the Christian Right; Is the Christian Right "Rational"?; The Christian Right and American Democracy; The Christian Right Agenda; Conclusion; 5. The Future of the Christian Right; Can the Christian Right Expand?; Can the Christian Right Come to Power?; Premillennialists in the New Millennium; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Glossary; Notes; References; About the Book and Author; Index.

About the Author

Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University. He has published a number of books on religion and politics in the U.S. and abroad, and on interest group politics, including Groups in American Elections: The New Face of Electioneering, Second Edition and The Values Campaign: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections . He also writes on gender politics, campaign finance, and the politics of science fiction.