Table of Contents

1. The Culture War in the United States 2. Dynamics of Social Movements and Cultural Progressives 3. Developing a Typology of Cultural Progressive Activists 4. Political Concerns and Cultural Progressive Activists 5. General Opposition to Religion in Cultural Progressive Activists 6. Cultural Progressive Activists and Critics of Christianity 7. The Framing of Cultural Progressive Activism 8. Cultural Progressives in the Continuing Culture War Appendix Notes Works Cited

About the Author

George Yancey is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. His books include What Motivates Cultural Progressives?: Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right. David A. Williamson is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas.

Reviews

"Although there are many about the Christian Right, there has been until now no good book that explores how opposition to that movement among cultural progressives helps to anchor the culture wars. What Motivates Cultural Progressives? should be widely read by political scientists, sociologists, and all who seek to understand cultural politics in the United States." --Clyde Wilcox, Department of Government, Georgetown University

Geroge Yancey and David A. Williamson take the project of studying secularists to a whole new level. -- Hunter Baker, Associate Professor of Political Science, Union University -- Renewing Minds

Williams is wholly at home with Bonhoeffer's life and thought... -- Larry Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr ProfessorEmeritus of Social Ethics,Union Theological Seminary -- International Bonhoeffer Society Newsletter