Redeemer : the life of Jimmy Carter / Randall Balmer.
Redeemer : the life of Jimmy Carter / Randall Balmer.
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New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
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G 2015/1049
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English
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Physical content
xxvii, 273 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Jimmy Carter and me -- The household of faith -- From peanuts to politics -- New South governor -- He came unto his own -- Redeemer President -- Endangered evangelical -- His own received him not -- Election year of the evangelical -- Stepping stone -- Sunday morning in Plains -- Appendix one. Life...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
Discusses how the progressive principles of a born-again Evangelical Christian peanut farmer, which included racial justice, women's rights, and concern for the plight of the poor, won the presidency in 1976.
"Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics are today seen as inseparable. But when Jimmy Carter, a Democrat and a born-again Christian, won the presidency in 1976, he owed his victory in part to American evangelicals, who responded to his open religiosity and his rejection of the moral bankruptcy of the Nixon Administration. Carter, runnin...
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Redeemer : the life of Jimmy Carter / Randall Balmer.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-257) and index.
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G 2015/1049
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74VKO46vpq0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO46vpq0X
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ISBN
9780465029587
0465029582
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973.926/092
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991022620059702626
