With God On Our Side - Episode 1
With God On Our Side (series) • 56m
Directed by Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor • Documentary • 1996 • 60 minutes
Post-War fundamentalism is marked by optimism, mass revival meetings, and disdain for worldly politics. But current events -- from America's growing anti-Communism to the election of Catholic John Kennedy to the Civil Rights movement -- prod evangelical Christians into the political arena. Dismayed by Supreme Court rulings banning school prayer and encouraged by the Goldwater '64 campaign, conservative Christians rise up in Anaheim, California, to launch a nationwide revolt against sex education.
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With God On Our Side - Episode 2
Directed by Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor • Documentary • 1996 • 60 minutes
The symbiotic alliance between Billy Graham and Richard Nixon foreshadows the coming union of religion and politics. The marriage is consummated in Kanahwa County, West Virginia, where national conservative strategi...
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With God On Our Side - Episode 3
Directed by Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor • Documentary • 1996 • 60 minutes
After Vietnam and Watergate, America is looking for a Good Father, and despite media befuddlement at the 'born-again' Jimmy Carter, his religious faith helps convince voters he can heal the nation. Carter's election...
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With God On Our Side - Episode 4
Documentary • 1996 • 60 minutes
Seizing the 'pro-family' agenda, New Right conservative strategists midwife a brood of new Christian political organizations, most notably Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority. These groups experience a heady overnight success, registering millions of evangelical voters...
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