Defending Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement

by Daniel Bennett

When, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court held that bans on same-sex marriage violate the Constitution, Christian conservative legal organizations (CCLOs) decried the ruling. Foreseeing an "assault against Christians," Liberty Counsel president Mat Staver declared, "We are entering a cultural civil war." Many would argue that a cultural war was already well underway; and yet, as this timely book makes clear, the stakes, the forces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700624600
• ISBN13: 9780700624607
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"