{"product_id":"gods-own-party-daniel-k-williams-9780197832066","title":"God`s Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right, Updated Edition","description":"When the Christian right burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, many political observers were shocked. But, as \u003cem\u003eGod's Own Party\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates, they shouldn't have been. The Christian Right goes back much farther than most journalists, political scientists, and historians realize. Relying on extensive archival and primary source research, Daniel K. Williams presents the first comprehensive history of the Christian Right, uncovering how evangelicals came to see the Republican Party as the vehicle through which they could reclaim America as a Christian nation. The conventional wisdom has been that the Christian Right arose in response to Roe v. Wade and the liberal government policies of the 1970s. Williams shows that the movement's roots run much deeper, dating to the 1920s, when fundamentalists launched a campaign to restore the influence of conservative Protestantism on American society. He describes how evangelicals linked this program to a political agenda-resulting in initiatives against evolution and Catholic political power, as well as the national crusade against communism. Williams chronicles Billy Graham's alliance with the Eisenhower White House, Richard Nixon's manipulation of the evangelical vote, and the political activities of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and others, culminating in the presidency of Donald Trump. Though the Christian Right has frequently been declared dead, Williams shows, it has come back stronger every time. A fascinating account of a key force in American politics, \u003cem\u003eGod's Own Party\u003c\/em\u003e is the only full-scale analysis of the electoral shifts, cultural changes, and political activists at the movement's core-showing how the Christian Right redefined politics as we know it. In this new edition, a final chapter analyzes the Christian Right's activity from the Obama administration to Trump's second term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel K. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197832067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197832066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.00d","brand":"Daniel K. Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084098707711,"sku":"9780197832066","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-own-party-daniel-k-williams-9780197832066","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}