60 minutes / Color
Release: 1996
Copyright: 1996
Anti-abortion activists cheered when Reagan named one of their own, C. Everett Koop, as Surgeon-General. By the mid-'80s, though, AIDS tragically hits home even in fundamentalist circles, and Koop splits from his former allies over the proper Christian response to this "sign of God's judgment." Hearing the call of God, Pat Robertson mobilizes an "invisible army" of fervent believers, many of whom had never before engaged in politics, to support his bid for the Presidency. Though dogged by the televangelist scandals, the Robertson campaign -- with its calls for renewed patriotism and its fierce attacks on liberalism -- sets the agenda for George Bush's victory over Michael Dukakis.
A comprehensive six-hour series treating one of the most important political and cultural stories in contemporary America: the rising power of the Religious Right from 1950 through the 1990s.
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Conservative Christians rise up in Anaheim, California, to launch a nationwide revolt against sex education.
Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor | 1996 | 60 minutes | Color | English
The symbiotic alliance between Billy Graham and Richard Nixon foreshadows the coming union of religion and politics
Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor | 1996 | 60 minutes | Color | English
Carter's election heralds a new era of evangelical engagement in every area of modern life, from broadcasting to basketball. But modern life also means divorce, feminism, and gay rights...
Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor | 1996 | 60 minutes | Color | English
New Right conservative strategists midwife a brood of new Christian political organizations.
Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor | 1996 | 60 minutes | Color | English
The Christian Coalition becomes one of the most politically adept membership organizations ever. Yet many inside the movement question if, in gaining power in the secular world, conservative Christians have lost their evangelical soul.
Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor | 1996 | 60 minutes | Color | English
