Running Against Sodom and Osama

The Christian Right, Values Voters, and the Culture Wars in 2006

Chip Berlet

Pam Chamberlain

Published on

October 1, 2006

Last Updated

June 21, 2019

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Chip Berlet and Pam Chamberlain explore how the A movement that emerged in the 1970s encompassing a wide swath of conservative Catholicism and Protestant evangelicalism. Learn more fused together an external threat of “Islamofascism” and an internal boogeyman of gay rights to try to help right-wing candidates in the 2006 elections.

Authors

Chip Berlet

Chip Berlet is an investigative journalist and photographer, and has been documenting social and political movements that undermine human rights since the 1960s. Chip’s byline has appeared in scores of publications, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Progressive, and Amnesty Now. He has been a guest expert on ABC’s Nightline, The Today Show, NPR’s All Things Considered, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, among other radio and television programs.

Pam Chamberlain

Pam Chamberlain is a former senior researcher at Political Research Associates, with an expertise in gender justice, education, and campus issues.