Politics and Religion

To the extent that there has ever been any truth to the term “Solid South,” it has come from the distinctive relationship between religion and politics that has been a defining feature of the region. Pervasively Protestant, dominated from early times by evangelical groups, southern religion has tend...

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Published inThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture p. 111
Main Author MICHAEL LIENESCH
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published The University of North Carolina Press 01.02.2014
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Applied arts
Architecture
Arts
Buildings
Catholicism
Christianity
Conservatism
Institutional buildings
Political activism
Political elections
Political ideologies
Political organizations
Political parties
Political philosophy
Political power
Political processes
Political protests
Political science
Political spectrum
Politics
Protestantism
Religion
Religious buildings
Right wing politics
Spiritual belief systems
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Summary:To the extent that there has ever been any truth to the term “Solid South,” it has come from the distinctive relationship between religion and politics that has been a defining feature of the region. Pervasively Protestant, dominated from early times by evangelical groups, southern religion has tended strongly toward tradition and orthodoxy, being more biblical in belief, more emotional in practice, and more moralistic in its attitudes about the world than religion in other parts of the country. Over the past century, this conservative religion has contributed to the conservative politics of the region, as an alliance between evangelical
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