Category Archives: Week 11: Conservatism, I

Pastor Jerry Falwell was a central figure in the rise of the Christian Right in American politics, particularly during the late 20th century. His influence reached far beyond the pulpit, shaping a powerful political movement that merged evangelical Christianity with conservative values. But how did a pastor become such a key political force? And whatContinue reading “Jerry Falwell and the Rise of the Christian Right”

In 1956, Jerry Falwell, an evangelical pastor, founded a new congregation in his Southern hometown of Lynchburg. He slowly grew very influential not only in American Christianity but also in politics, helping usher in the formation of the Christian Right. He was already fairly influential in his hometown, being the only pastor there with aContinue reading “Jerry Falwell and his Contribution to the Christian Right”

I think that pastor Jerry Falwell was instrumental in forming the Christian Right.  He was very concerned about the Ronald Reagan ideals of Christian life, even though he had never grown up being a Christian before. He also thought this would be a way that he could get the Christian rights activist vote for becomingContinue reading “What was Pastor Jerry Falwell’s opinion on Christian rights and political commitment, and tax cuts?”

Jerry Fallwell was a prominent figure in the Christian right, or what I would now call Big Eva, in the latter half of the 20th century. A proponent of the “moral majority”, Fallwell was in part instrumental to Republican success in the Sunbelt throughout this time with this message. A successful southern mega pastor, heContinue reading “So Long, Fallwell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night!”

Pastor Jerry Falwell was instrumental in the formation of the Christian Right as he connected social conservative Christians to economic conservatives. As political scientist, Corwin Smidt, was quoted in Williams’s article, the economic conservatives often ignored social issues that the Christians and the Moral Majority were focused on (125). Jerry Falwell was a Baptist pastorContinue reading “Falwell, Conservative Christians, and the GOP”

Jerry Falwell, the televangelist and American pastor, unified disgruntled conservative Christians around moral and social issues—coalescing into “political” issues. The Moral Majority, a conservative political organization, emerged under Falwell’s leadership in response to a suspicion of federal overreach and regulation. Prior to the emergence of the Moral Majority, white evangelicals lacked a shared identity; FalwellContinue reading “WWJD: Weaponize Worship for the GOP? :o”

Jerry Falwell was instrumental in the formation of Christian rights, because of his founding of the moral majority which was a leading national religious organization in the early 1980s. Falwell combined traditional evangelical theology with a politically conservative agenda, which positioned the Christian right as a force in national politics. His media presence as aContinue reading “Jerry Falwell”

Pastor Jerry Falwell played a pivotal role in the formation of the Christian Right. As one of the most prominent evangelical leaders of his time—thanks in large part to the rise of television and radio networks—his decision to shift support from southern Democratic economic populists to pro-business Republicans influenced a significant portion of evangelicals toContinue reading “The Walmartification of Churches”

During the mid-1960s, Jerry Falwell became a rising religious idol for evangelical theology. During a time of uncertainty, the evangelicals felt drawn to the leadership Falwell provided, as he founded and led the organization called Moral Majority. However, under the fallacy of religious ideals, Falwell’s Moral Majority seemed more goal-oriented on policing family structures andContinue reading “Join Our Megachurch Today! Now, For The Low, Low Price Of Your Morality”