Moral reconstruction : Christian lobbyists and the Federal legislation of morality, 1865-1920 - Foster, Gaines M. (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002)
The antebellum moral polity -- Christ and prohibition in the Constitution? -- Sexuality and the family -- Appetite, avarice-- and an alliance -- The Sabbath and religious authority -- The lottery and the South -- A broad agenda of moral legislation -- Aligning the government against alcohol -- The final step : prohibition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-308) and index.
Keywords: Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Christian ethics -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Law and ethics -- History -- 19th century; Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Christian ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Law and ethics -- History -- 20th century; Christianisme et politique -- x; z -- Histoire; Droit et morale -- Histoire; Christianisme et politique -- x; z -- Histoire; Droit et morale -- Histoire