Sara Rose Diamond is an American sociologist and attorney, and the author of four books that "study and expose the agenda and tactics of the American political right wing."

Biography

After graduating from the

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, Diamond earned a

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from

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in sociology. Having conducted research since the early 1980s, her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Right-Wing Movements in the United States, 1945-1992", served as the basis for her second book, ''Roads to Dominion''. Her book, ''Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right,'' was reviewed by Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. She has taught journalism and sociology at several California universities, and for several years wrote a regular column for ''

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''. She is also known for her critique of the

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. Diamond then switched careers, attending the

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, from which she graduated in 2003. The

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at U.C. Berkeley maintains the Sara Diamond Collection on the U.S. Right, an archive of the materials she assembled about the

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. University publications have described it as one of the largest collections of its type in the country.

Works

*''Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian Right,''

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, Boston. 1989. *''Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States,''

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, New York. 1995. *''Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times,''

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, Monroe, Maine. 1996. *''Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right,'' Guilford Press, New York. 1998.

Reviews

*Nation, April 26, 1999, Abby Scher, "Political Chapter, Bible Verse," p. 30. *Women's Review of Books, December, 1999, Kathleen M. Blee, "Right Makes Might," pp. 5–6.

References

*Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced i
Biography Resource Center
Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006.

External links

Sara Diamond’s homepage
as an attorney *
Sara Diamond Collection on the U.S. Right
at Bancroft Library at

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