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Author:

Schäfer, Axel R.

Title:

Piety and public funding : evangelicals and the state in modern America / Axel R. Schäfer.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

311 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Faith-based human services--History--United States--History--20th century.
Public-private sector cooperation--History--United States--History--20th century.
Church and state--United States--History--20th century.
Religion and politics--United States--History--20th century.
Evangelicalism--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-294) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : how evangelicals learned to stop worrying and love the state -- The Cold War state and religious agencies -- The evangelical rediscovery of the state -- Evangelicals, foreign policy, and the national security state -- Evangelicals, social policy, and the welfare state -- Church-state relations and the rise of the evangelical right -- Conclusion : resurgent conservatism and the public funding of religious agencies.

Summary:

Chronicles how during the second half of the 20th century conservative evangelical groups became increasingly adept at taking advantage of expanded public funding for religious foreign aid, health care, education, and social welfare despite their conservative hostility to the state.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America

ISBN:

0812244117 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812244113 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)768792985

LCCN:

2011046741

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)