Evil Deeds in High Places : : Christian America's Moral Struggle with Watergate / / David E. Settje.
Highlights Watergate as a critical turning point in Christian engagement in US politicsThe Watergate scandal was one of the most infamous events in American democratic history. Faith in the government plummeted, leaving the nation feeling betrayed and unsure who could be trusted anymore. In Evil Dee...
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Settje, David E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Evil Deeds in High Places : Christian America's Moral Struggle with Watergate / David E. Settje. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Watergate and American Religion -- 1. A Presidential Election and Third- Rate Burglary -- 2. A Fading Issue or Sinister Plot? -- 3. A Favorable President or Most Dangerous Man? -- 4. The Church as Prophet versus Praying for Those in Authority -- 5. The Bleep Heard round the World -- Conclusion: Nixon’s Resignation and Final Thoughts -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Highlights Watergate as a critical turning point in Christian engagement in US politicsThe Watergate scandal was one of the most infamous events in American democratic history. Faith in the government plummeted, leaving the nation feeling betrayed and unsure who could be trusted anymore. In Evil Deeds in High Places, David E. Settje examines how Christian institutions reacted to this moral and ethical collapse, and the ways in which they chose to assert their moral authority.Settje argues that Watergate was a turning point for spurring Christian engagement with politics. While American Christians had certainly already been active in the public sphere, these events motivated a more urgent engagement in response, and served to pave the way for conservatives to push more fully into political power.Historians have carefully analyzed the judicial, media, congressional, and presidential actions surrounding Watergate, but there has been very little consideration of popular reactions of Americans across the political spectrum. Though this book does not aspire to offer a comprehensive picture of America’s citizenry, by examining the variety of Protestant Christian experiences—those more conservative, those more liberal, and those in between—and by incorporating analyses of both white and black Christian reactions, it captures a significant swath of the American population at the time, providing one of the only studies to examine how everyday Americans viewed the events of Watergate. Grasping the dynamics of Christian responses to Watergate enables us to comprehend more completely that volatile moment in US history, and provides important context to make sense of reactions to our more recent political turmoil. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2024) Christianity and politics United States History 20th century. Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State. bisacsh 1972 Election. American. Christians. Ethics. Evangelicals. Impeachment. Liberalism. Morality. Morals. Pietism. Politics. Presidential. Protestants. Recordings. Religion. Resignation. Tapes. https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479803170.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479803170 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479803170/original |
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