Measuring the strength of the Religious Right.(political movement may not have as much power as often believed)

From: The Christian Century | Date: August 25, 1999| Author: Greeley, Andrew M.; Hout, Michael | Copyright information

There is little evidence that the Religious Right has had very much influence on American politics and society, despite the common belief that they form a base of the Republican Party. Poll results show that attitudes about issues associated with the Religious Right, such as the tolerance of abortion, have not changed much since a 1972 survey.

The emergence of an activist, conservative religious political movement is one of the major political and cultural stories of the past two ...

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