Difference between revisions of "Christian Action, Research and Education"
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| − | [[Christian Action, Research and Education]] (usually shortened to [[CARE]]) was established in 1971 as the [[Nationwide Festival of Light]]. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’<ref name=”Durham2”>Martin Durham ‘[http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/54/3/459 The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family]’, ‘’Parliamentary Affairs’’, 54 (3): 459. (2001)</ref> | + | [[Christian Action, Research and Education]] (usually shortened to [[CARE]]) was established in 1971 as the [[Nationwide Festival of Light]]. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’<ref name=”Durham2”>Martin Durham ‘[http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/54/3/459 The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family]’, ‘’Parliamentary Affairs’’, 54 (3): 459. (2001)</ref> In 1983, according to CARE itself, 'the Executive Committee took the decision to change the name of NFOL to CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)'<ref name="CARE">CARE [http://www.care.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=109697 History of CARE], accessed 5 September 2010</ref> |
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[[Category:Christian Right]] | [[Category:Christian Right]] | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 5 September 2010
Christian Action, Research and Education (usually shortened to CARE) was established in 1971 as the Nationwide Festival of Light. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’[1] In 1983, according to CARE itself, 'the Executive Committee took the decision to change the name of NFOL to CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)'[2]
Notes
- ↑ Martin Durham ‘The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family’, ‘’Parliamentary Affairs’’, 54 (3): 459. (2001)
- ↑ CARE History of CARE, accessed 5 September 2010
