The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left : : Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond / / L. Benjamin Rolsky.
For decades now, Americans have believed that their country is deeply divided by "culture wars" waged between religious conservatives and secular liberals. In most instances, Protestant conservatives have been cast as the instigators of such warfare, while religious liberals have been larg...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Series on Religion and Politics
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Religious Liberalism, American Politics, and Public Life
- 1. Norman Lear, the Christian Right, and the Spiritual Politics of the Religious Left
- 2. All in the Family and the Spiritual Politicization of the American Sitcom
- 3. Norman Lear, the FCC, and the Holy War Over American Television
- 4. People for the American Way and Spiritual Politics in Late Twentieth- Century America
- 5. Liberalism as Variety Show: I Love Liberty and the Decline of the Religious Left
- Conclusion: Religion, Politics, and the Public Square-2019
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index