The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right / / Jon A. Shields.

The Christian Right is frequently accused of threatening democratic values. But in The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right, Jon Shields argues that religious conservatives have in fact dramatically increased and improved democratic participation and that they are far more civil and reasonable...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 2 line illus. 19 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Democratic Education in the Christian Right
  • 2. Christian Radicalism
  • 3. The Varieties of Pro-Life Activism
  • 4. Deliberation and Abortion Politics
  • 5. Reviving Participatory Democracy
  • 6. Participation, Deliberation, and Values Voters
  • Notes
  • Index