God at the Grass Roots, 1996 The Christian Right in the American Elections

by Rozell, Mark J.; Wilcox, Clyde; Appleton, Andrew; Bruce, John; Bullock, Charles S., III; Cigler, Alan; Gilbert, Christopher; Green, John; Guth, James; Loomis, Burdett; Lunch, William; Moen, Matthew; Palmer, Kenneth; Penning, James; Peterson, Mark; Rausch,

• ISBN13: 9780847686100
• ISBN10: 0847686108
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-29
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

God at the Grass Roots, 1996 is composed of entirely new and original essays that analyze the impact of the Christian Right in the 1996 national, state, and local elections. The nation's leading scholars of religion and politics identify and illuminate numerous trends that have dramatically evolved since the landmark elections of 1994. More than simply a revised version of the popular God at the Grass Roots, this fundamentally new edition examines the Christian Right's nationwide influence, and the essays arrive at starkly different conclusions about America's most organized and observed political interest group. This text will complement all courses on parties and elections, and religion and politics.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 The Christian Right and the 1996 Elections: An Overview	1	(14)
John C. Green
2 South Carolina Christian Right: Just Part of the Family Now?	15	(18)
James L. Guth
Oran P. Smith
3 Texas: A Success Story, at Least for Now	33	(18)
John M. Bruce
4 Georgia: Purists, Pragmatists, and Electoral Outcomes	51	(16)
Charles S. Bullock III
Mark C. Smith
5 North Carolina: Jesse's Last Stand? The Christian Right in the Elections	67	(12)
Ray Swisher
Christian Smith
6 Florida: Losing by Winning? The Odyssey of the Religious Right	79	(20)
Kenneth D. Wald
Richard K. Scher
7 Virginia: When the Music Stops, Choose Your Faction	99	(16)
Mark J. Rozell
Clyde Wilcox
8 Michigan: Veering to the Left?	115	(20)
Corwin E. Smidt
James M. Penning
9 California: Between a Rock and a Hard Place	135	(18)
Joel Fetzer
J. Christopher Soper
10 Oregon: The Flood Tide Recedes	153	(16)
William M. Lunch
11 Washington: Mobilizing for Victory	169	(18)
Andrew M. Appleton
Daniel Francis
12 Minnesota: Onward Quistian Soldiers? Christian Conservatives Confront Their Limitations	187	(20)
Christopher P. Gilbert
David A. M. Peterson
13 Kansas: The Christian Right and the New Mainstream of Republican Politics	207	(16)
Allan J. Cigler
Burdett A. Loomis
14 Maine: Slow Growth in the Pine Tree State	223	(16)
Matthew C. Moen
Kenneth T. Palmer
15 West Virginia: In Search of the Christian Right	239	(16)
John David Rausch Jr.
Mary S. Rausch
16 Conclusion: The Christian Right in Campaign '96	255	(16)
Mark J. Rozell
Clyde Wilcox
Index	271	(12)
About the Contributors	283