Word: hadden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Founders: BRITON HADDEN 1898-1929 HENRY R. LUCE...
Founders: BRITON HADDEN 1898-1929 HENRY R. LUCE...
...timers. Robertson is bringing in new voters, but they are people who have been specifically mobilized by a sense of mission, by the feeling that they must "take back" this country for God. The politicizing of the religious right has been going on for decades, as Jeffrey Hadden and Anson Shupe document in their forthcoming book, Televangelism, Power, and Politics. The Robertson voters are first-timers for reasons that make it unlikely that they will be one-timers...
...Graham for some stem winding before the decision was made. "The foundations of religious broadcasting are being tested," declared the evangelist. "Our greatest need is moral integrity!" But the broadcasters required little prodding. "All of them recognize they cannot permit another bombshell to explode at their feet," observed Jeffrey Hadden, a University of Virginia sociologist. One index of public discontent: a poll by the Williamsburg Charter Foundation last week showed that 40% of Americans think it should be illegal for preachers to raise money...
Founders: BRITON HADDEN 1898-1929 HENRY R. LUCE...