ABSTRACT
Billy Hargis argued that "God ordained segregation" and that it is "one of Nature's universal laws". Conservative Protestants, indeed, believe that if religion is truly spiritual it will shape "the behavior of citizens" and order "the affairs of nations". This chapter provides discussion on the rise of the Christian or Religious Right. The Christian Right represents a tradition going back to the Puritans, which attempts to formulate the moral standards of the nation according to its vision. The roots the New Christian Right go back to the Protestant cultural dominance in the nineteenth century. The bedrock beliefs of the New Christian Right closely resemble those of the Old Christian Right, but some new twists have arisen. Evangelicalism's embrace of the market economy has been fueled by more than theory and the fact that they share certain common characteristics. The logic of the Christian Right in respect to limited government contains an apparent paradox.
