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Defending Faith offers the first fine-grained study of the Christian Legal Movement. It shows how the Christian Right, once a movement that confidently spoke of a moral majority now increasingly asserts the rights of an aggrieved and persecuted minority. That shift raises an important question: Is the Christian Right's embrace of the language of minority victimhood a promising strategy, or further evidence that it's destined to lose the culture wars? - Jon A. Shields, author of The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right Defending Faith reviews the growing field of conservative Christian legal activism and expands upon existing research to offer an overdue update on the topic. The largest contributions of the book are the candid quotes from organization attorneys which provide insight into the motivations and strategies of and relationships between conservative Christian legal organizations. - Steven P. Brown, author of Trumping Religion: The New Christian Right, the Free Speech Clause, and the Courts

Defending Faith offers the first fine-grained study of the Christian Legal Movement. It shows how the Christian Right, once a movement that confidently spoke of a moral majority, now increasingly asserts the rights of an aggrieved and persecuted minority. That shift raises an important question: Is the Christian Right's embrace of the language of minority victimhood a promising strategy, or further evidence that it's destined to lose the culture wars? --Jon A. Shields, author of The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right Defending Faith reviews the growing field of conservative Christian legal activism and expands upon existing research to offer an overdue update on the topic. The largest contributions of the book are the candid quotes from organization attorneys which provide insight into the motivations and strategies of and relationships between conservative Christian legal organizations. --Steven P. Brown, author of Trumping Religion: The New Christian Right, the Free Speech Clause, and the Courts

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Daniel Bennett is assistant professor of political science at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

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