From Bible Belt to Sunbelt : plain-folk religion, grassroots politics, and the rise of evangelical conservatism / Darren Dochuk.
Dochuk, Darren.
2011
BR555.C2 D63 2011 (Mapit)
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Title From Bible Belt to Sunbelt : plain-folk religion, grassroots politics, and the rise of evangelical conservatism / Darren Dochuk.
Author Dochuk, Darren.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780393066821
0393066827
Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
Language English
Description xxiv, 520 p., [16] of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number BR555.C2 D63 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 277.94/9082
Summary The dramatic and largely unknown story of "plain-folk" religious migrants: hardworking men and women from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas who fled the Depression and came to California for military jobs during World War II. Investigating this fiercely pious community at a grassroots level, Darren Dochuk uses the stories of religious leaders, including Billy Graham, as well as many colorful, lesser-known figures to explain how evangelicals organized a powerful political machine. This machine made its mark with Barry Goldwater, inspired Richard Nixon's "Southern Solution," and achieved its greatest triumph with the victories of Ronald Reagan. Based on entirely new research, the manuscript has already won the prestigious Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians. The judges wrote, "Dochuk offers a rich and multidimensional perspective on the origins of one of the most far-ranging developments of the second half of the twentieth century: the rise of the New Right and modern conservatism."--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction : at home with the angels
Plain folk
Preachers
Entrepreneurs
Labor wars
New allies
Plain-folk preaching mainstreamed
The new gospel of wealth
Declarations of independence
Sentinels of freedom
Creative society
Jesus people
Moral Majority
Born again
Epilogue : wilderness again.

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