Exporting Right-Wing Christianity
In this paper, we examine one anti-human rights sector; right-wing U.S.-based Christians, especially evangelicals and Pentecostals - known in the U.S. as the Christian Right. Newly empowered politically, it is increasingly becoming an international force working to oppose gay rights, women's rights, and other symptoms of modernity. By promoting traditionalism in other countries, it is exporting "the culture wars."Conservative U.S. evangelical churches have broadened a long tradition of international missionary work, intended to convert and "save" individuals, to include political work related to a right-wing political agenda. The resulting assault on human rights is alarming. In thinking and writing about the Christian Right, we are careful not to conflate its work and agenda with that of religious bodies in general. Our brush must not be broad or simplistic. Only if we have accurate information and a thorough understanding of the best means of defending human rights will our liberal, reformist, and progressive work succeed.More: http://www.jeanhardisty.com/essay_exportingrightwingchristianity. html
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