Revivalist Nationalism since World War II: From “Wake up, America!” to “Make America Great Again”

Between 1945 and 1980, evangelicals emerged as a key political constituency in American politics, helping to form the Religious Right and work for the election of Ronald Reagan and other conservative Republicans. This article argues that they embraced a distinctive type of revivalist nationalism, ce...

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Main Author: Hummel, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 11, Pages: 1-18
Further subjects:B Bill Bright
B Ronald Reagan
B Francis Schaeffer
B Religious Right
B Jerry Falwell
B Billy Graham
B Evangelicalism
B Protestant revivalism
B 1980 election
B Harold Ockenga
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