Table of Contents
The Christian right and the 1998 elections: an overview / John C. Green -- South Carolina: even in Zion the heathen rage / James L. Guth -- The Christian right in God's country: Texas politics / James Lamare, J.L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle -- Georgia: the Christian right meets its match / Charles S. Bullock III and Mark C. Smith -- Virginia: prophet in waiting? / Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox -- The Christian right and the Republican Party in California: necessarily yoked / J. Christopher Soper and Joel Fetzer -- Answered prayers and mixed blessings: the Christian right in Florida / Kenneth D. Wald, Maureen Tartaglione, and Richard K. Scher -- Alabama 1998: luck runs out for GOP and Christian right as Democrats gamble on the lottery / Harold W. Stanley and Christian Grose -- Michigan 1998: the "right stuff" / James M. Penning and Corwin E. Smidt -- Washington: Christian right setbacks abound / Andrew Appleton and Michael Buckley -- Minnesota 1998: Christian conservatives and the body politic / Christopher P. Gilbert and David A.M. Peterson -- After the flood: the Kansas Christian right in retreat / Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis -- Illinois: moral politics in a materialistic political culture / Ted G. Jelen -- New York, New York: start spreadin' the news / Robert J. Spitzer -- Maine: which way should life be? / Matthew C. Moen and Kenneth T. Palmer -- Conclusion: the Christian right in campaign '98 / Clyde Wilcox and Mark J. Rozel.