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Paul J. Weber, W. Landis Jones

Book Code: WRO/

ISBN: 0-313-26695-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26695-9

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240 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 5/30/1994

List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

Availability: Out of stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Greenwood Reference Volumes on American Public Policy Formation

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This volume is an important contribution to Greenwood's "American Public Policy Formation" series. This is a very useful volume for those who may want to join a religious interest group or for those seeking a brief but helpful sketch of a group. Recommended for all public and academic libraries.
—Choice

Description: This unique encyclopedia describes how a wide range of religious groups from an even wider spectrum of religious denominations has acted vigorously to influence public policy since the beginning of the republic. This advocacy by religious interests continues in the 1990s even more dramatically and professionally than in previous decades. This one-volume reference provides a historical sketch of religious activism through the years and then profiles 118 major organizations, describing their origins and development, organization and funding, program strategies, political activities, and publications. The encyclopedia is filled with practical directory-type information also. Appendices classify the groups by religious traditions, size, membership type of group, and policy interests. A full index makes the volume easily accessible to serve broad interdisciplinary audiences of students, teachers, experts, organization activists, and lay readers.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Religious Interest Groups
History of U.S. Religious Interest Groups
U.S. Religious Interest Groups
Appendix A: Groups by Policy Area
Appendix B: Groups by Religious Affiliation
Appendix C: Groups by Political Identification
Appendix D: Single-Issue Groups
Appendix E: Groups by Type of Membership
Appendix F: Litigating Groups
Appendix G: Groups by Size of Budget
Bibliographic Essay
Index

LC Card Number: 93-37502

LCC Class: BL2525

Dewey Class: 200


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