Into the Wilderness: Ronald Reagan, Bob Jones University, and the Political Education of the Christian Right

@article{Haberman2005IntoTW,
  title={Into the Wilderness: Ronald Reagan, Bob Jones University, and the Political Education of the Christian Right},
  author={Aaron L. Haberman},
  journal={The Historian},
  year={2005},
  volume={67},
  pages={234 - 253}
}
(2005). Into the Wilderness: Ronald Reagan, Bob Jones University, and the Political Education of the Christian Right. The Historian: Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 234-253. 
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