Redeemer : the life of Jimmy Carter / Randall Balmer.

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Discusses how the progressive principles of a born-again Evangelical Christian peanut farmer, which included racial justice, women's rights and concern for the plight of the poor, won the presidency in 1976.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Balmer, Randall Herbert (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
Subjects:	Carter, Jimmy, > 1924- Presidents > United States > Biography. Baptists > Georgia > Plains > Biography. Christianity and politics > United States. United States > Politics and government > 1977-1981.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	xxvii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Life of Jimmy Carter.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Jimmy Carter and me
The household of faith
From peanuts to politics
New South governor
He came unto his own
Redeemer President
Endangered evangelical
His own received him not
Election year of the evangelical
Stepping stone
Sunday morning in Plains
Appendix one. Life and times of Jimmy Carter
Appendix two. "Crisis of confidence," July 15, 1979.