Why the Christian right is likely to be disappointed despite its extensive efforts to influence federal politics

The role of the Christian right in our politics which have been neglected: the CR as an interest group; the irreversibility of key policy issues of most concern to the CR; and the exploitability of the CR by the Conservative Party.

In the past few weeks much ink has been spilled, and even greater emotion aroused—and not a little outright fear exhibited—about the growing role of the Christian right (also described as religious right or Christian nationalists) in federal politics.

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