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== The Origins of the Modern Christian Right ==
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By 1980, these currents had converged sufficiently to make conservative Christianity a major organized force in American electoral politics. The resulting alliance reshaped both evangelical political identity and the Republican coalition and established patterns of religion and political mobilization that continued long after the Moral Majority itself disappeared.
By 1980, these currents had converged sufficiently to make conservative Christianity a major organized force in American electoral politics. The resulting alliance reshaped both evangelical political identity and the Republican coalition and established patterns of religion and political mobilization that continued long after the Moral Majority itself disappeared.


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