Category Archives: Week 11: Conservatism, I

Jerry Falwell was more than just a preacher—he was a key political player who helped lay the foundation for what became known as the Christian Right. Falwell’s role in shaping this movement extended beyond his fiery sermons. He focused on strategically linking evangelical beliefs with the conservative political and economic ideologies that were gaining tractionContinue reading “Falwell’s Gospel of Conservative Politics”

During the Cold War era, military spending and the creation of jobs helped many working-class people become more financially stable with the increase in defence-based companies. In the article Jerry Falwell’s Sunbelt Politics: The Regional Origins of the Moral Majority, the Christian Right is composed of southern evangelical working-class people that see their faith andContinue reading “Southern Faith meets Politics”

Jerry Falwell was a key figure in launching the Christian Right, especially through his role in founding the Moral Majority. The moral majority was founded in 1979 to entice christians to vote. It focused on issues like opposition to abortion, promotion of school prayer, support for traditional family values, and resistance to what it sawContinue reading “Jerry Falwell and the Christian right”

In Daniel K. Williams article titled “Jerry Falwell’s Sunbelt Politics: The Regional Origins of the Moral Majority,” the gradual transformation of Jerry Falwell from a “small-town, undereducated, southern pastor” (142) to a leader of the Christian Right is studied within the context of Sunbelt politics. Born and raised in Lynchberg, Virginia, a town “which aContinue reading “The Rise of Falwell & the Christian Right”

Daniel K. William’s article, Jerry Falwell’s Sunbelt Politics: The Regional Origins of the Moral Majority, traces how political ideology evolved from Southern fundamentalism and segregationist populism into an ideology of evangelical morality, free-market economics, and hawkish nationalism. Williams details how Falwell, a Southern Baptist preacher from Lynchburg, Virginia, wove fundalist religious values with the economicContinue reading “Legacies of Falwell”

Willimas’s article proposes that Falwell was instrumental in forming a Christian Right primarily due to his status as an evangelical Christian public figure. Falwell’s belief in Republican policies stems from the impact that privatized corporations and, by extension, the Republican Party, have had in his hometown area in a post-Civil Rights movement South. With aContinue reading “Falwell’s Sunbelt Right”

In the article Falwell had envisioned his church for rural white Americans. He had many social services and welfare projects through the church which drew him to the Conservative side of the Republican party. He supported the Christian Right and many of the ways white Americans fought against the Civil Rights Movement. His political viewsContinue reading “Rise of Conservatism”

In 1979, Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority – a political organization that sought to preserve and promote American values such as keeping the family’s structure, staying close to Christianity, and defending America from communism. The Moral Majority thrived particularly in the Sunbelt, where the area experienced a big shift that happened thanks to industrialization,Continue reading “The Christian Right’s Leader: Jerry Falwell”

Jerry Falwell was a bulbous minister and televangelist who, during the late 1900s, played a focal role in forming the Christian Right. He used a unique strategy of combining social and economic conservatism to influence American politics in the sunbelt states of the USA. One of the several things he did towards the formation ofContinue reading “The Politics of Jerry Falwell across the Sunbelt States”

Jerry Falwell was an important person in the creation of the Christian Right, a group of people who mixed their Christian beliefs with politics. At first, Falwell didn’t think preachers should be involved in politics. He believed they should focus on Christianity and churches, not running the country. But in the 1970s, things started toContinue reading “The Christian Right”