Onward Christian Soldiers
Onward Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States Deal Hudson,
Publisher: Threshold Editions
ISBN: 1416524428
DDC: 320.550973
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-03-11
Summary:
Like a mighty army moves the church of God;Brothers, we are treading
where the saints have trod.We are not divided, all one body we.One in
hope and doctrine, one in charity.-- From the nineteenth-century hymn
"Onward, Christian Soldiers"What keeps America a country of religious
practice and traditional values? How has the U.S. avoided suc-cumbing
to total secularism? The answer to these provocative questions is
found in the religious commun-ities of America today: In the past
thirty years, the religiously active voter has migrated to the
Republican Party, and the story behind this shift, evidenced in the
emergence of Evangelical dominance over mainstream Protestantism and
the defeat of liberal Catholicism, is at the heart of this
fascinating cultural history.In Onward, Christian Soldiers, the
Washington insider who was at the vanguard of the sea change in
religious and political history that propelled George W. Bush into
the White House offers an intimate perspective on those remarkable
years -- and their influence over the ones to come. Deal W. Hudson
analyzes how, steadily over-coming age-old misjudgments and
misunderstandings that separated them, conservative Catholics and
Evangelical Christians drew together because of what they viewed as
profound assaults on shared core beliefs. They became allies to
battle the forces of secularization, relativism, and atheism. And
together they forged a grassroots movement across America that
astonished political activists and surprised commentators as well as
members of traditional religious organizations. How, exactly, was
this coalition achieved and who were its movers and shakers? What
enabled them to deepen, enrich, and activate the resurgence of
traditional values in society to make America radically different
from the secularized Europe that was so widely believed to be on the
verge of becoming the model for the United States?Deal W. Hudson
details this phenomenon by examining the leading figures and
institutions on both sides of the debate, exposing the dramatic
encounters between those espousing fundamental Judeo-Christian
beliefs and those heralding the "death of God" and the new age of
secular humanism. Dealing with today's hot-button issues, Onward,
Christian Soldiers provides an unprecedented look at the
confrontation of the religious right with secularists in America, a
confrontation that is not only timely but also timeless in its
impact.
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