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Title: For a Christian America: A History of the Religious Right by Ruth Murray Brown ISBN: 1-57392-973-5 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: Objective, but could be better organized ..
Comment: This book does an objective review of origin and growth of various religious right socio-political movements such as Anti-ERA, Pro-life, Focus on Family, Family Research Council, Moral Majority, Chiristian Coalition etc. without taking sides on controversial issues such as abortion, gay rights, same sex marriage, separation of church and state, prayer in school, teaching creationism/ evolution in public schools, school vouchers etc. over the last 3 decades.

Though informative, the organization and presentation could be improved upon. Not a good book to explore detailed arguments on both sides of any particular issue and hardly convincing to get people to switch their positions or change minds.

As a moderate who is not very religious, I valued this book for its objectivity. After reading this book, I am a little less scared of the religious right, but a little more impressed with the political clout it wields and its ability to set the national agenda.

I would find the arguments from the religious right more acceptable if it was not based on the bible or any such set dogma. Also, the anger of religious right against "humanism" in any form does not seem to be justified or open-minded.

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