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