 | The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond Subjects: Liberalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Liberalism (Religion) -- United States; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Lear Norman -- Influence; Religious right; L. Benjamin Rolsky examines the ways in which American liberalism has helped shape cultural conflict since the 1970s through the story of how television writer and producer Norman Lear galvanized the religious left. He foregrounds the roles played by popular culture, television, and media in America's religious history. L. Benjamin Rolsky is an adjunct instructor in the History and Anthropology Department at Monmouth University and a part-time lecturer in the Religion Department at Rutgers University. |
