The Moral Majority thrived as a submission-to-authority movement during the late 1970s threat period.

Evidence

During 1978–1987, loyalty oaths were not an issue, and Christian Beacon circulation figures, gleaned from statements printed in the Beacon, were quite unstable. However, the conservative Moral Majority, an organization advocating submission to “divine” authority, did increase in popularity during the late 1970s and played a role in the victories of strongly right-wing candidates in the 1980 election. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 793

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to sociological work on authoritarianism and religious-political movements; also echoes the theme from the moral panics literature about conservative mobilization.