Making the Bible Belt

By reconstructing the religious crusade to achieve prohibition in Texas, Making the Bible Belt reveals how southern religious leaders overcame longstanding anticlerical traditions, built a formidable social movement, and, in the course of outlawing liquor, injected religion irreversibly into public life.

Prin reconstituirea cruciadei religioase pentru a realiza interdictia in Texas, Making the Bible Belt dezvaluie modul in care liderii religiosi din sud au depasit traditiile anticlericale de lunga durata, au construit o miscare sociala formidabila si, in cursul interzicerii bauturilor alcoolice, au injectat religia ireversibil in viata publica.