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Article: From Moral Majority to organized minority: tactics of the Religious Right.
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- August 11, 1993
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Those who concluded from, the Religious Right's failure to reflect George Bush that its activist agenda is doomed have overlooked critical new developments within the movement. Many believed that Jerry Falwell's disbanding of the Moral Majority following the televangelist scandals of 1987 and Pat Robertson's failed presidential primary bid in 1988 meant the collapse of the conservative Christian coalition that helped elect Ronald Reagan. In reality, however, the movement has shifted its focus from national politics to local politics. The Religious Right's show of strength at last year's GOP convention was the fruit of a deliberate change in organizing strategy by ...