Category: Week 11: Conservatism, I
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Falwell’s Gospel of Conservative Politics
Jerry Falwell was more than just a preacher—he was a key political player who helped lay the foundation for what…
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Southern Faith meets Politics
During the Cold War era, military spending and the creation of jobs helped many working-class people become more financially stable…
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Jerry Falwell and the Christian right
Jerry Falwell was a key figure in launching the Christian Right, especially through his role in founding the Moral Majority.…
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The Rise of Falwell & the Christian Right
In Daniel K. Williams article titled “Jerry Falwell’s Sunbelt Politics: The Regional Origins of the Moral Majority,” the gradual transformation…
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Legacies of Falwell
Daniel K. William’s article, Jerry Falwell’s Sunbelt Politics: The Regional Origins of the Moral Majority, traces how political ideology evolved…
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Falwell’s Sunbelt Right
Willimas’s article proposes that Falwell was instrumental in forming a Christian Right primarily due to his status as an evangelical…
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Rise of Conservatism
In the article Falwell had envisioned his church for rural white Americans. He had many social services and welfare projects…
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The Christian Right’s Leader: Jerry Falwell
In 1979, Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority – a political organization that sought to preserve and promote American values…
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The Politics of Jerry Falwell across the Sunbelt States
Jerry Falwell was a bulbous minister and televangelist who, during the late 1900s, played a focal role in forming the…
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The Christian Right
Jerry Falwell was an important person in the creation of the Christian Right, a group of people who mixed their…