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religious right  

Definition

  • The “Religious Right,” also known as the “Christian Right,” is an umbrella term for the social movement comprising primarily theologically conservative Christians that mobilized to participate in American politics beginning in the 1970s. Since the election of 1980, the Religious Right has been a core voting bloc of the Republican Party. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History; Religious Right]

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