Christian Nationalism and the Birth of the War on Drugs Elizabeth Ronne understanding risk

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She focuses on key moments of transition

In the process of exploring these dominant narratives

and cultural forces that have characterized relations between Native and non-Native Americans for the past century

and transform classrooms as a result

Christian Nationalism and the Birth of the War on Drugs Elizabeth Ronne understanding riskRecovers the religious origins of the War on Drugs Many people view the War on Drugs as a contemporary phenomenon invented by the Nixon administration. But as this new book shows, the conflict actually began more than a century before, when American Protestants began the temperance movement and linked drug use with immorality. Christian Nationalism and the Birth of the War on Drugs argues that this early drug war was deeply rooted in Christian