Nina Easton - A desire to rescue secular America from fallen grace has driven conservative evangelic...

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A desire to rescue secular America from fallen grace has driven conservative evangelicals at least since the 1970s, when Jerry Falwell formed the Moral Majority as a vehicle for conservative Christians to muscle their way into national politics.

Nina Easton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Der Wunsch, das säkulare Amerika vor der gefallenen Gnade zu retten, hat konservative Evangelikale zumindest seit den 70er Jahren getrieben, als Jerry Falwell die Moral Majority als Instrument für konservative Christen bildete, um sich in die nationale Politik einzumischen.

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