The Rise of the Evangelical Church in the 19 Seventies

Christian dumay is a scholar of american christianity and a professor of history at calvin university. He discusses why the evangelical church in most of this century has been virtually uninvolved in political and social issues. Dumay: What got jerry fawell and other evangelical leaders interested in politics in the 19 seventies was not opposition to abortion. The i r s went after bob jones university for its exclusion of black applicant two years prior to roveway decision, he says.