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Christian right or religious right is a term used - mainly in the United States of America - to label right-wing Christian political factions that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies. Christian conservatives principally seek to apply their understanding of the teachings of Christianity to politics and to public policy by proclaiming the value of those teachings or by seeking to use those teachings to influence law and public policy.〔(Sociology: understanding a diverse society ) Margaret L. Andersen, Howard Francis Taylor , Cengage Learning, 2005 ISBN 978-0-534-61716-5, ISBN 978-0-534-61716-5〕 In the U.S., the Christian right is an informal coalition formed around a core of white, evangelical Protestants with uneven support from conservative Catholics. The Christian right draws additional support from politically conservative mainline Protestants, Jews, and Mormons.〔〔 〕 The movement has its roots in American politics going back as far as the 1940s and has been especially influential since the 1970s.〔〔 Its influence draws, in part, from grassroots activism as well as from focus on social issues and from the ability to motivate the electorate around those issues.〔 The Christian right is notable today for advancing socially conservative positions on "issues" including school prayer, intelligent design, stem-cell research,〔 homosexuality,〔 contraception, abortion,〔 and pornography.〔 Although the Christian right is usually associated with the U.S., similar movements operate in the politics of Canada, Northern Ireland and Australia, among others. ==Terminology== The Christian right is "also known as the ''New Christian Right'' (NCR) or the ''Religious Right''", although some consider the religious right to be "a slightly broader category than Christian Right".〔(Encyclopedia of Religion and Society )〕〔(Grant Wacker )〕 John C. Green of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life states that Jerry Falwell used the label ''religious right'' to describe himself. Gary Schneeberger, vice president of media and public relations for Focus on the Family, states that "()erms like 'religious right' have been traditionally used in a pejorative way to suggest extremism. The phrase 'socially conservative evangelicals' is not very exciting, but that's certainly the way to do it."〔Sarah Pulliam: (Phrase 'Religious Right' Misused, Conservatives Say ) ''Christianity Today'' (Web-only), February 12, 2009.〕 Evangelical leaders like Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council have called attention to the problem of equating the term "Christian right" with evangelicals. Although evangelicals constitute the core constituency of the Christian right, not all evangelicals fit the description. The problem of description is further complicated by the fact that ''religious conservative'' may refer to other groups. Mennonites and the Amish, for example, are theologically conservative, however there are no overtly political organizations associated with these denominations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian right」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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