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Jorstad, Erling

Evangelicals in the White House. The Cultural Maturation of born-again Christianity
1981 0-88946-982-2
Distinguishes between moderate "press on" and conservative "hold fast" evangelicals, characterizing Jimmy Carter as the former and Ronald Reagan as the latter, and attributes Reagan's and the "hold fast" evangelicals' political successes to their mastery of computer and television technology.

New Christian Right, 1981-1988 Prospects for the Post-Reagan Decade
1987 0-88946-669-6
A comprehensive, scholarly overview of the philosophy and activities of the "New Christian Right" (NCR), which are characterized by a conspiracy theory _ that "secular humanists" are responsible for the degeneration of the country into pervasive evil _ and by a "social agenda" of activism in the areas of abortion, pornography, homosexual rights, prayer in the schools, and creationism.