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Posts Tagged ‘Ralph Reed’

Robert D. Rubin on Judicial Review & the Religious Right

Prior to the 1980s, the incipient Religious Right was skeptical of the US judicial system given a variety of decisions that went against their interests. Dr. Robert Daniel Rubin examines how Southern Christians came to embrace judicial review using two crucial court cases involving education in Mobile, Alabama, and Judge Brevard Hand who decided them. This discussion is both a microcosm of social and political change brewing in the South in the 1980s, but also a reflection of broader trends developing in American society.

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James Patterson on MLK, Fulton Sheen, & Jerry Falwell

What do Martin Luther King Jr., Fulton Sheen, and Jerry Falwell have in common? Other than being religious figures in the 20th century, most folks might struggle to and an answer to that question. However, this week’s guess — Dr. James Patterson — explains what these charismatic figures have in common and how they are different. We focus on their religious and political foundations and how this played out in their mass media strategies.

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Jon Shields on Democratic Virtues & the Christian Right

Tags: abortion, Catholic Church, Christian Coalition, Christian Right, civil discourse, civil rights movement, clinic bombings, Jerry Falwell, John O'Keefe, Moral Majority, National Right to Life Committee, Operation Rescue, Pat Robertson, pro-life movement, Ralph Reed, Religious Right, same-sex marriage, sidewalk counseling, tea party movement

Prof. Jon A. Shields (Claremont McKenna College) examines whether the Christian Right conforms to norms of democratic deliberation and civil discourse. Our discussion covers the history of the pro-life movement, the rise of the Religious Right, and how those movements have changed over time. Prof. Shields offers evidence that Christian conservatives do, for the most part, enhance the democratic process contrary to popular opinion.

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David Brody on the 2010 Midterm Elections and Religious Journalism

Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christine O'Donnell, elections, gay marriage, Glenn Beck, Ground Zero mosque, John McCain, Mormonism, Ralph Reed, religion and politics, Religious Right, Sharron Angle, tea party movement, teavangelicals

David Brody, chief political correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network, shares his reflections on the 2010 midterm elections in the US. We discuss the role of evangelical Christians in the Tea Party movement, the impact that religion had on the campaigns of Christine O’Donnell and Sharron Angle, and the effect that the Ground Zero mosque may have played in the elections. Mr. Brody then discusses what it is like to be a Christian journalist in Washington, DC and a secular media world.

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