Christian right is a term used in the United States to describe right-wing Christian political groups that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies. Christian conservatives principally seek to apply the teachings of Christianity to politics public policy by proclaiming the value of those teachings and/or by seeking to use those teachings to influence law and public policy.

In the U.S., the Christian right is an informal coalition of numerous groups, chiefly evangelicals, (especially Southern Baptists) and Catholics. Into the 1960 election, Catholics and evangelicals were at sword's point, as evangelicals mobilized their forces to defeat Catholics Al Smith in 1928 and John F. Kennedy in 1960. By the 1980s, however, Catholic bishops and evangelicals worked together on issues such as abortion. The Christian right is strongest in the South, where it comprises the core of the Republican Party. Besides conservative positions on domestic issues such as opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage, most of the Christian right is a strong supporter of Israel in foreign affairs. There are similar, smaller Christian right movements in other countries, including Canada, Australia, and the Philippines.

Adjective

religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)

1. Concerning religion.

   It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.

2. Committed to the practice of religion.

   I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.

3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

   I'm a religious fan of college basketball.

Related terms

• irreligious
• religion
• religious education
• religious leader
• religious order
• religious studies
• religiously
• religiousness
• sacrilegious

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• Society: Issues: Church-State Relations: Pro-Separation (16)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Perspectives: Activism (26)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Christianity: Fundamentalist Organizations (9)

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  Refutation and analysis of anti-science and crank ideas; essays on right wing authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism.
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  A small think-tank and research group that specializes in oppositional research, focusing on the Religious Right and others who seek to use their particular form of religious fundamentalism as the sole basis of public policy.