Jesus seminar begins public exploration of life of historical Jesus.
Radical second-wave feminism.
"The 60s and 70s were a time of change and liberalism, which threatened evangelical moral codes. Young activists protested the war in Vietnam. Frustrated African Americans took to the streets in the fight for civil rights. Women were working outside of the home. Gay men and lesbian women became more visible collectively. Music and movies broached taboos about sex and drug experimentation. A time of love and peace for some simultaneously existed as a tumultuous downhill spiral for many Christians as they witnessed what they believed to be the decay of their ideal America.
Federal statutes and court rulings seemed to hasten this decay. In 1962, Engel v. Vitale concluded that it was unconstitutional to recite federally-written prayers in public school. ((Niall Ferguson et. al., The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010), 310)) In the late 1970s, the IRS no longer allowed private religious schools tax-exempt status due to the lack of proper student body integration. ((ibid)) And, perhaps most significantly, in 1973 the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion.
The pace of change during this time was frightening; people were looking for respite and comfort, as well as someone to blame. The Moral Majority gave them that."
http://www.ushistoryscene.com/uncategorized/religiousright/
Radical second-wave feminism.
"The 60s and 70s were a time of change and liberalism, which threatened evangelical moral codes. Young activists protested the war in Vietnam. Frustrated African Americans took to the streets in the fight for civil rights. Women were working outside of the home. Gay men and lesbian women became more visible collectively. Music and movies broached taboos about sex and drug experimentation. A time of love and peace for some simultaneously existed as a tumultuous downhill spiral for many Christians as they witnessed what they believed to be the decay of their ideal America.
Federal statutes and court rulings seemed to hasten this decay. In 1962, Engel v. Vitale concluded that it was unconstitutional to recite federally-written prayers in public school. ((Niall Ferguson et. al., The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010), 310)) In the late 1970s, the IRS no longer allowed private religious schools tax-exempt status due to the lack of proper student body integration. ((ibid)) And, perhaps most significantly, in 1973 the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion.
The pace of change during this time was frightening; people were looking for respite and comfort, as well as someone to blame. The Moral Majority gave them that."
http://www.ushistoryscene.com/uncategorized/religiousright/