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Author Schäfer, Axel R

Title Piety and public funding : evangelicals and the state in modern America / Axel R. Schäfer
Edition 1st ed
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (311 pages)
Series Politics and culture in modern America
Politics and culture in modern America.
Contents Introduction : how evangelicals learned to stop worrying and love the state -- The Cold War state and religious agencies -- The evangelical rediscovery of the state -- Evangelicals, foreign policy, and the national security state -- Evangelicals, social policy, and the welfare state -- Church-state relations and the rise of the evangelical right -- Conclusion : resurgent conservatism and the public funding of religious agencies
Summary Chronicles how during the second half of the 20th century conservative evangelical groups became increasingly adept at taking advantage of expanded public funding for religious foreign aid, health care, education, and social welfare despite their conservative hostility to the state
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Church and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Public-private sector cooperation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Faith-based human services -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Church and state
Evangelicalism
Religion and politics
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011046741
ISBN 9780812206593
0812206592