Culture Wars (the Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America)

By (author) Hunter, James
Short description/annotation:
A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture.
Description:
A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture.
Table of contents:
Introduction * PrologueStories from the Front * Cultural Conflict in America * The Anatomy of Cultural Conflict The New Lines Of Conflict * The Historical Roots of the Culture War * Competing Moral Visions Cultural Warfare * Discourse of Adversaries * The Technology of Public Discourse The Fields Of Conflict * Opening Observations * Family * Education * Media and the Arts * Law * Electoral Politics * Parting Observations Toward Resolution * Moral Pluralism and the Democratic Ideal * Epilogue
Biographical note:
James Davidson Hunter is professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Virginia and author of Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation (1987).