From Bible Belt to Sunbelt : plain-folk religion, grassroots politics, and the rise of evangelical conservatism / Darren Dochuk.
2011
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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
0393066827
Publication Details
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.