conservatism

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conservatism

The Tea Party and the remaking of Republican conservatism

2012
Chronicles the history of the Tea Party movement, discussing its origin and purpose and its impact on American politics.

The conservatives

ideas and personalities throughout American history
2009
Examines the history of American conservatism from the Revolutionary War through the twentieth century, exploring the ideas and people who have influenced conservative though and its role in the United States.

Neoconservatism

the biography of a movement
2010
Traces the history of neoconservatism in American politics, describing the movement in three stages, beginning with the New York intellectuals who were first called "neoconservatives" when they rejected the 1960s leftists, and examining how events and key individuals have allowed the party to evolve and change.

Stranger at the gate

to be gay and Christian in America
1995
Autobiography of Mel White, Christian writer, filmmaker, and ghost writer for Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker, and Oliver North. Dr. White tells of his life long struggle with his sexual orientation and how he came to accept his homosexuality as a gift from God.

How the Republicans stole Christmas

the Republican Party's declared monopoly on religion and what Democrats can do to take it back
2005
Argues that conservative preachers such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson, along with most Catholic bishops, have created a narrow definition of religion that pushes Democrats and liberals out of the fold, and pushes Democrats and liberals to reclaim religion and return it to its basic principles of social justice.

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