Andrew R. Lewis - Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics How - G555z

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About this Item\n\nThe item is a book Hardback\nThe Author Name is Andrew R. Lewis\nThe Title is The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics : How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars\n\nCondition New\n\nOther Comments\nPages Count - 292. Binding type - Hardcover. \nContent Language - English\n\nProduct Description -\nThe Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics documents a recent, fundamental change in American politics with the waning of Christian America. Rather than conservatives emphasizing morality and liberals emphasizing rights, both sides now wield rights arguments as potent weapons to win political and legal battles and build grassroots support. Lewis documents this change on the right, focusing primarily on evangelical politics. Using extensive historical and survey data that compares evangelical advocacy and evangelical public opinion, Lewis explains how the prototypical culture war issue - abortion - motivated the conservative rights turn over the past half1