American evangelicalism from the postwar revival to the New Christian RightSchäfer, Axel R.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.HistorywiuMadisonUniversity of Wisconsin Press2011monographiceng1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations.In the mid-twentieth century, far more evangelicals supported such "liberal" causes as peace, social justice, and environmental protection. Only gradually did the conservative evangelical faction win dominance, allying with the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan and, eventually, George W. Bush. In Countercultural Conservatives Axel Schäfer traces the evolution of a diffuse and pluralistic movement into the political force of the New Christian Right. In forging its complex theological and political identity, evangelicalism did not simply reject the ideas of 1960s counterculture, Schäfer argues. For all their strict Biblicism and uncompromising morality, evangelicals absorbed and extended key aspects of the countercultural worldview. Carefully examining evangelicalism's internal dynamics, fissures, and coalitions, this book offers an intriguing reinterpretation of the most important development in American religion and politics since World War II.Axel R. Schäfer.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-us---EvangelicalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryChristian conservatismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryChristianity and politicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryChristian conservatismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRELIGIONChristianityHistoryChristian conservatismChristianity and politicsEvangelicalismUnited States 1900 - 1999 fast BR1642.U5 S33 2011eb277.308/2Schäfer, Axel R.Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2011(DLC) 20110126349780299285234029928523512834862029781283486200348620 MILhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=490266http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=490266E7B11032220200709055610.0ocn787844280eng