Rough Country : How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State /

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Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wuthnow, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Staat
Evangelikale Bewegung
Christentum
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Texas
Texas.
Texas > Histoire religieuse.
Texas > Church history.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how distinctions between "us" and "them" are perpetuated and why they are so often shaped by religion and politics. Early settlers called Texas a rough country. Surviving there necessitated defining evil, fighting it, and building institutions in the hope of advancing civilization.
Physical Description:1 online resource (664 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400852116

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