The religious and political winds are changing. Religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social j…
The religious and political winds are changing. Religious Americans are reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological purposes. And more and more secular Americans are discovering common ground with believers on the great issues of social j…
This book seeks to understand white conservative Christians support for Donald Trump, using their own words. Drawing on the triangular relationship between the 45th president, and his voters, and religious organizations, this work investigates the creation of the tale of Trump a…
"[Since the publication of my book The end of faith, t]housands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the …
"In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Letter to A Christian Nation is his reply. Using rational argument, Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of funda…
This thesis project explores three prominent films developed as part of the Christian independent film industry between 1970 and 2014. Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s work in affect theory, I identify how certain films resonated with the U.S. Evangelical subculture during times of cultu…
This thesis examines the use of new and emerging media by the religious right during the 1970s to spread the ideology and discourse of the Satanic Panic and the anti-rock movement. While other scholars have discussed such media as Satanism survivor narratives, anti-rock texts, a…
Often hailed as the civil rights movement of the twenty-first century, the same-sex marriage debate has swept across America. The most outspoken opposition to same-sex marriage is the Religious Right, which employs Scripture to support its argument that homosexuals are inferior …
This dissertation addresses the question of the foreign policy views of the leading spokespeople for the Religious Right in the United States since the end of World War II. The analysis begins with the early years of the Cold War, focusing on the religious overtones that quickly…
