White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How, Pally Hardcover..

Name: White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How, Pally Hardcover..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

White Evangelicals and Right-Wing PopulismHow Did We Get Here?\nAuthor(s): Marcia Pally\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032134826, 978-1032134826\nSynopsis\nHow did Americas white evangelicals, from often progressive history, come to right-wing populism? Addressing populism requires understanding how its historico-cultural roots ground present politics. How have the very qualities that contributed much to American vibrancyan anti-authoritarian government-wariness and energetic community-buildingturned, under conditions of distress, to defensive, us-them worldviews?\n\nReaders will gain an understanding of populism and of the socio-political and religious history from which populism draws its us-them policies and worldview. The book ponders the tragic cast of the white evangelical story: (i) the distorting effects of economic and way-of-life duress on the understanding of history and present circumstances and (ii.