Andrew P. Hogue’s book “Stumping God: Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith,” reveals the implementation of religion in the political arena. Hogue attributes evidence to prove that it was exclusively the rise of Ronald Reagan, the Moral Majority, and the New Religious Right (NRR) that led to its infusion into American politics. It was the culmination of these movements, notes Hogue, that encouraged conservatives to reflect and reference our national interests on Biblical principles. As the author notes, though this has been achieved in the past, yet its modern momentum was only attained through the condemnation of atheism marketed as Communism, producing evident human rights abuses unfounded to American foundational systems of belief.
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Andrew P. Hogue’s book “Stumping God: Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith,” reveals the implementation of religion in the political arena. Hogue attributes evidence to prove that it was exclusively the rise of Ronald Reagan, the Moral Majority, and the New Religious Right (NRR) that led to its infusion into American politics. It was the culmination of these movements, notes Hogue, that encouraged conservatives to reflect and reference our national interests on Biblical principles. As the author notes, though this has been achieved in the past, yet its modern momentum was only attained through the condemnation of atheism marketed as Communism, producing evident human rights abuses unfounded to American foundational systems of belief.