Jimmy Carter, the Politics of Family, and the Rise of the Religious Right

by J. Brooks Flippen

Book Overview

As Jimmy Carter ascended to the presidency the heir apparent to Democratic liberalism, he touted his background as a born-again evangelical. Once in office, his faith indeed helped form policy on a number of controversial moral issues. By acknowledging certain behaviors as sinful while insisting that they were private matters beyond government interference, J. Brooks Flippen argues, Carter unintentionally alienated both social liberals and conservative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820337706
• ISBN13: 9780820337708
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"