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The '''"Religious Right"''' also called the '''Christian Right''' was the organized Christian conservative movement in the politics of the 1970s and 1980s. The name fell out of use after 1992.
The '''"Religious Right"''' also called the '''Christian Right''' was the organized Christian conservative movement in politics since the late 1970s.
It is based on the belief that the morality of our nation was eroding and that Christians had to be mobilized at the local level to pressure the political system to reverse the damage.
It was based on the belief that the morality of our nation was eroding and that Christians had to be mobilized at the local level to pressure the political system to reverse the damage.
==1992==
==1992==
At the 1992 GOP National Convention in Houston renominating President [[George H.W. Bush]], many speakers appealed to the Religious Richt, including [[Pat Buchanan]], [[Pat Robertson]], Marilyn Quayle, Sen. [[Phil Gramm]], and Vice President [[Dan Quayle]]. They repeatedly proclaimed the party's mission to uphold religious and "traditional moral values" and accused the Democrats of a "radical plan" that would destroy these values. Declaring that the nation is in both a political and religious war, Buchanan charged that the nation is being overtaken by "barbarians" produced by the "public schools where God and the Ten Commandments and the Bible were long ago expelled." Important podium appearances were made by Ed Young, president of the Southern Baptist Convention; James Kennedy, pastor of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church; E.V. Hill, pastor of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles; and Don Argue, president of the National Association of Evangelicals.
At the 1992 GOP National Convention in Houston renominating President [[George H.W. Bush]], many speakers appealed to the Religious Richt, including [[Pat Buchanan]], [[Pat Robertson]], Marilyn Quayle, Sen. [[Phil Gramm]], and Vice President [[Dan Quayle]]. They repeatedly proclaimed the party's mission to uphold religious and "traditional moral values" and accused the Democrats of a "radical plan" that would destroy these values. Declaring that the nation is in both a political and religious war, Buchanan charged that the nation is being overtaken by "barbarians" produced by the "public schools where God and the Ten Commandments and the Bible were long ago expelled." Important podium appearances were made by Ed Young, president of the Southern Baptist Convention; James Kennedy, pastor of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church; E.V. Hill, pastor of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles; and Don Argue, president of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Much of the Religious Right organizing in 1992 was handled by he Traditional Family Values Coalition (TVC), headed by Louis Sheldon; the Christian Coalition (CC), created and led by its president, Pat Robertson; Concerned Women for America (CWA), led by Beverly LaHaye; and the Family Research Council (FRC), a division of [[James Dobson]]'s Focus on Family organization, but led by Gary Bauer. The groups sent out 40 million "Family Values Voters Guides '92" to churches across the nation. The Guided hinted that Bush was the best choice, without flatly stating so.
Much of the Religious Right organizing in 1992 was handled by he Traditional Family Values Coalition (TVC), headed by Louis Sheldon; the Christian Coalition (CC), created and led by its president, Pat Robertson; Concerned Women for America (CWA), led by Beverly LaHaye; and the Family Research Council (FRC), a division of [[James Dobson]]'s Focus on Family organization, but led by Gary Bauer. The groups sent out 40 million "Family Values Voters Guides '92" to churches across the nation. The Guided hinted that Bush was the best choice, without flatly stating so.
==Culture wars==
The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities were established in 1965 and were used by subsequent administrations to further their political principles or fund constituencies until the early 1990s, when the religious Right objected to the content of some funded programs and forced politicians to oppose them. The arts endowment supports mainly independent artists and well educated, but not necessarily well-off, audiences; the humanities endowment supports mainly academics. Both have aided local economies but not the national economy. The history profession was affected when, under pressure from conservatives, George Bush commissioned a project to establish national standards for teaching history. When the report was published in 1994, it called for a multicultural approach that angered conservatives. Bill Clinton added to the 'culture wars' when he arranged the arts funding to go to museums rather than avant-garde artists. The battle over who should define and support art and the humanities is still unsettled.<ref> Richard Jensen, . "The Culture Wars, 1965-1995: A Historian's Map," ''Journal of Social History'' 1995 29(supplement): 17-37</ref>
==Religious Left==
==Religious Left==
There are not many advocates on the "[[Religious Left]]," a newly founded movement meant to weaken the impact of the religious right, argue that moral issues and traditional family values are not important, but focus should be placed in government run and administered secular social programs instead.
There are not many advocates on the "[[Religious Left]]," a newly founded movement meant to weaken the impact of the religious right, argue that moral issues and traditional family values are not important, but focus should be placed in government run and administered secular social programs instead.
The religious left are declining in terms of influence and [[Conservative Christianity|conservative Christianity]] is growing in influence because the religious left in Christianity are losing many members and conservative Christianity is growing especially overseas.<ref>http://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_print.php?cdate=2005-06-06</ref><ref>http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A%253D151165%2526M%253D50011,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/BibleStudyAndTheology/Perspectives/colson020722.aspx</ref>
The religious left is declining in terms of influence and [[Conservative Christianity|conservative Christianity]] is growing in influence because the religious left in Christianity are losing many members and conservative Christianity is growing especially overseas.<ref>http://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_print.php?cdate=2005-06-06</ref><ref>http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A%253D151165%2526M%253D50011,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/BibleStudyAndTheology/Perspectives/colson020722.aspx</ref>
==Leaders of the Religious Right==
==Leaders of the Religious Right==
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Blanchard, Dallas A. ''The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Rise of the Religious Right: From Polite to Fiery Protest'' (1994)
* Blanchard, Dallas A. ''The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Rise of the Religious Right: From Polite to Fiery Protest'' (1994)
* Freedman, Robert. "The Religious Right and the Carter Administration." ''Historical Journal'' 2005 48(1): 231-260,
* Jensen, Richard. "The Culture Wars, 1965-1995: A Historian's Map," ''Journal of Social History'' 1995 29(supplement): 17-37,
* Martin, William. ''With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America'' (1996)
* Martin, William. ''With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America'' (1996)
* Micklethwait, John, and Adrian Wooldridge. ''God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World'' (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/God-Back-Global-Revival-Changing/dp/1594202133/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256035552&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Micklethwait, John, and Adrian Wooldridge. ''God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World'' (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/God-Back-Global-Revival-Changing/dp/1594202133/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256035552&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]