Thirteen. Locating the Moral Majority: The Religious Factor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part One: The Sources Of “McCarthyism”
6. One. The New American Right: “McCarthyism” as “Status Politics” 9
7. Two. Hofstadter, Viereck, Shils: “McCarthyism” and the “Populist Heritage” 17
8. Three. Rogin: “McCarthyism” as Midwestern Conservatism 27
9. Four. Beyond Rogin: “McCarthyism” as the Revenge of the “Locals” 38
10. Part Two. THE “RADICAL RIGHT” OF THE EARLY 1960s
11. Five. Bell and Riesman: The “Radical Right,” American Society, and the Cold War 61
12. Six .Sociological and Psychological Profiles of Right-Wing Activists 74
13. Seven. Hofstadter: The “Radical Right,” Fundamentalism, and the Paranoid Style 96
14. Part Three.THE WALLACE CONSTITUENCY
15. Eight. Southern Support for Wallace: The Politics of Place 124
16. Nine. Nonsouthem Support for Wallace: The Politics of Protest? 138
17. Ten. Wallace in Context: Reaction, Realignment, and a Society in Crisis 152
18. Part Four. THE “NEW RIGHT”
19. Eleven. Studies of “Profamily” Activists: “Status Politics” Revised and Revisited 185
20. Twelve. The Creation of the “New Right” : Organizers, Ideologues, and the Search for a Constituency 210
21. Thirteen. Locating the Moral Majority: The Religious Factor 227
22. Fourteen. The “New Right” and the 1980 Election: The Religious Factor Reconsidered 249
23. Part Five. THE AMERICAN RIGHT WING IN PERSPECTIVE
24. Fifteen. Two Interpretations of the Right Wing: Lipset and Rogin 273
25. Sixteen. Conclusion: The American Right Wing in Perspective 293
26. Bibliography 329
27. Index 347