June 30, 2000
Striving to Understand the Christian Right
New scholarship argues that evangelicals are more diverse and less scary than many believe
The Christian right is so powerful, a Washington Post reporter once wrote, because it can mobilize many followers who are "largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command."
If only it were that simple.
Because they make up 20 to 30 percent of the U.S. population -- and electorate -- theologically conservative Protestants fascinate pundits. Journalists and
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