ISBN: 0870498657

Although the New Religious Right has attracted considerable media attention in recent years, little has been written about its historical roots. In this groundbreaking book, L. Edward Hic… Plus…

Although the New Religious Right has attracted considerable media attention in recent years, little has been written about its historical roots. In this groundbreaking book, L. Edward Hicks examines the career of George S. Benson, whose work as a fundamentalist Christian educator foreshadowed the political activism now associated with such figures as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.Born in rural Oklahoma, Benson became an evangelist and missionary to China during the 1920s. In 1936, he was appointed president of Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas, a small school operated by the Churches of Christ. From his base there, Benson soon embarked on a far-reaching crusade that joined conservative Christian values with free-enterprise economics and its political underpinnings. In 1941, he founded the National Education Program (NEP), which would proclaim as its goal "the preservation and advancement of the spiritual, moral, economic, and political values on which this nation was founded." After World War II, as anticommunism became a dominant motif of the various forums and publications sponsored by the NEP, Benson was a much-sought-after speaker at conservative gatherings. Even in the face of apparent setbacks - such as Barry Goldwater's defeat in the 1964 presidential election - Benson never wavered in actively promoting his brand of Americanism.Hicks argues that Benson's NEP programs and pamphleteering did much to shape the conservative populism that helped to elect Ronald christian books and bibles,conservatism and liberalism,education,ideologies and doctrines,political science,politics and government,politics and social sciences,religion,religion and spirituality Christian Books & Bibles, University of Tennessee Press<

1994, ISBN: 9780870498657

The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Text is clean, pages are white and crisp. Binding is tight and s… Plus…

The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Text is clean, pages are white and crisp. Binding is tight and solid. Lettering to spine is very bright. Very minor edge rolling to unclipped DJ, reddish-orange cover boards are ear pristine. A few edge nick s to bottom edge. Story of forerunner to current political activism/ministers, subject was fundamentalist Christian educator who preached conservative values, free-enterprise economics and its' political underpinnings. Rare/scarce Room #554. 197 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; ISBN: 0870498657. ISBN/EAN: 9780870498657. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561002703. . 9780870498657, The University of Tennessee Press, 1994<

1995, ISBN: 9780870498657

UNIV OF TENNESSEE PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, 197 Seiten, Publiziert: 1995-01-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 622741, Religion & Glaube, Kategorien, Bücher, UNIV OF TENNESSEE … Plus…

UNIV OF TENNESSEE PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, 197 Seiten, Publiziert: 1995-01-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 622741, Religion & Glaube, Kategorien, Bücher, UNIV OF TENNESSEE PR, 1995<

1995, ISBN: 9780870498657

Univ of Tennessee Pr, 1995-01. Hardcover. Good., Univ of Tennessee Pr, 1995-01