Stations of the Cross : Duke University Press : 9780822325048 : 0822325047 : 01 Oct 2000 : Since the 1970s, American society has provided especially fertile ground for the growth of the Christian right and its influence on both political and cultural discourse. In Stations of the Cross political theorist Paul Apostolidis shows how a critical component of this movement's popular culture?evangelical conservative radio?interacts with the current U.S. political economy. By examining in particular James Dobson's enormously influential program, Focus on the Family?its messages, politics, and effects?Apostolidis reveals the complex nature of contemporary conservative religious culture. Public ideology and institutional tendencies clash, the author argues, in the restructuring of the welfare state, the financing of the electoral system, and the backlash against women and minorities. These frictions are nowhere more apparent than on Christian right radio. Reinvigorating the intellectual traditi