Jorstad, Erling, 1930-,

Evangelicals in the White House : the cultural maturation of born again Christianity, 1960-1981 / [print] by Erling Jorstad. - New York : E. Mellen Press, (c)1981. - 171 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in American religion ; v. 4 . - Studies in American religion ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references.

cultural maturation of born again Christianity -- fortunes of the old-time religion, 1945-1960 -- 1960s : a fundamental shift -- Years of distress, 1968-1974 -- instant impasse : evangelicals and inerrancy -- Male and female : the evangelical stalemate -- hold and press in the public arena -- 1976 : the takeoff year -- family as survival unit : Bill Gothard and his ministry -- Marabelle Morgan : an evangelical pressing on -- Preserving the faith : the boom in the Christian school movement -- Revival across the land : the popular religion of holding fast -- first evangelical in the White House -- transformation of evangelical political involvement -- campaign of 1980 : another evangelical in the White House.



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