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James Clayton Dobson Jr.


(1936-04-21) April 21, 1936 (age 85)

Shreveport, Louisiana, U.Due south.
Faith Evangelical Christian
Nationality American
Spouse

Shirley Deere

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(1000. 1960)​
Children Danae
Ryan
Political party Republican
Constitution (1996)
Notable work(s) Spousal relationship Under Fire
Didactics Bespeak Colina Nazarene University
University of Southern California
Occupation Psychologist
Writer
Radio Broadcaster
Founder of Family unit Research Council
Focus on the Family unit
Senior posting
Website world wide web.drjamesdobson.org

James Clayton Dobson Jr. [a] (born April 21, 1936) is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family (FOTF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesmen for conservative social positions in American public life.[1] Although never an ordained minister, he was called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader" by The New York Times while Slate portrayed him as a successor to evangelical leaders Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.[2] [3] [4]

As role of his quondam function in the organization,[five] he produced the daily radio plan Focus on the Family, which the organization has said was broadcast in more a dozen languages and on over 7,000 stations worldwide, and reportedly heard daily by more than than 220 one thousand thousand people in 164 countries.[6] [seven] Focus on the Family was as well carried by almost lx U.S. television receiver stations daily.[6] Dobson also founded the Family unit Inquiry Council in 1981.[8] He is no longer affiliated with Focus on the Family unit. Dobson founded Family Talk equally a not-turn a profit organization in 2010 and launched a new radio circulate, Family unit Talk with Dr. James Dobson, that began on May 3, 2010, on over 300 stations nationwide.[9] [5]

Early life and education [edit]

James Dobson was born to Myrtle Georgia (née Dillingham) and James C. Dobson, Sr., on April 21, 1936, in Shreveport, Louisiana.[10] From his earliest childhood, religion played a central part in his life. He once told a reporter that he learned to pray before he learned to talk, and says he gave his life to Jesus at the historic period of 3, in response to an altar call past his begetter.[xi] He is the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Church building of the Nazarene ministers.[12]

The parents took their immature son along to scout his father preach. Like most Nazarenes, they forbade dancing and going to movies. Young "Jimmie Lee" (equally he was called) full-bodied on his studies.[13]

Dobson studied bookish psychology, which most evangelical Christians in the 1950s and 1960s did not look upon favorably.[ citation needed ] He came to believe that he was beingness called to become a Christian counselor or perhaps a Christian psychologist.[11] He attended Pasadena College (now Point Hill Nazarene University) as an undergraduate and served every bit captain of the school's tennis team.[14] [15] In 1967, Dobson received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Southern California.[xvi]

Career [edit]

In 1967, he became an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine for fourteen years.[16] He spent 17 years on the staff of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in the Segmentation of Kid Development and Medical Genetics.

For a fourth dimension, Dobson worked equally an assistant to Paul Popenoe at the Institute of Family Relations, a marriage-counseling middle, in Los Angeles.[17]

Dobson arguably outset became well-known with the publication of Dare to Discipline (1970), which encouraged parents to use corporal punishment in disciplining their children.[18] Dobson's social and political opinions are widely read among many evangelical church congregations in the Usa.[19]

In 1977 he founded Focus on the Family unit.[20] Dobson published monthly bulletins, which were dispensed every bit inserts in some Lord's day church-service bulletins.[21]

Dobson interviewed serial killer Ted Bundy on-camera the day earlier Bundy's execution on January 24, 1989. The interview became controversial because Bundy was given an opportunity to try to explain his actions (the rape and murder of thirty young women). Bundy claimed in the interview (in a reversal of his previous stance) that violent pornography played a meaning part in molding and crystallizing his fantasies. In May 1989, during an interview with John Tanner, a Republican Florida prosecutor, Dobson called for Bundy to be forgiven. The Bundy tapes gave Focus on the Family unit revenues of over $i million, $600,000 of which information technology donated to anti-pornography groups and to anti-abortion groups.[22] [23]

Dobson stepped down as President and CEO of Focus on the Family in 2003, and resigned from the position of chairman of the lath in February 2009.[24] Dobson explained his departure as twofold: ane to allow a smooth transfer of leadership to the next generation, and in this case, to Jim Daly who he straight appointed as his replacement. And secondly, due to some differences in opinion about organizational positions which represented "pregnant philosophical differences" with successor Jim Daly.[25] He said, "I have believed for many years that one of the biggest mistakes a founder and president can make is to stay also long. By holding the reins of power as the years get past, an executive prevents his organization from developing the leadership to behave on when he dies or all of a sudden decides to step down. Then a crisis tin occur that may even doom the ministry. We have all seen that happen."

In 2010, Dobson founded the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute,[26] a non-profit organization that produces his radio program, Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk.

Dobson frequently appears as a guest on the Play a joke on News Channel.[27]

Personal life [edit]

Dobson married Shirley Deere on August 26, 1960. The couple accept ii children, Danae and Ryan.[28] Ryan was adopted by the Dobsons.[ commendation needed ]

Awards [edit]

At the invitation of Presidents and Attorneys Full general,[7] Dobson has also served on government informational panels and testified at several government hearings. He was given the "Layman of the Year" award by the National Association of Evangelicals in 1982, "The Children's Friend" award by Childhelp USA (an advocate agency confronting child abuse) in 1987, and the Humanitarian Award by the California Psychological Association in 1988. In 2005, Dobson received an honorary doctorate (his 16th[29]) from Indiana Wesleyan Academy and was inducted into IWU'south Society of World Changers, while speaking at the academy'southward Academic Convocation.[6]

In 2008, Dobson'south Focus on the Family programme was nominated for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame.[xxx] Nominations were made by the 157 members of the Hall of Fame and voting on inductees was handed over to the public using online voting.[31] The nomination drew the ire of gay rights activists, who attempted to have the program removed from the nominee list and to vote for other nominees to prevent it from existence approved.[32] [33] Nonetheless, the plan garnered enough votes and was afterwards inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.[34]

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Views on marriage [edit]

James Dobson is a strong proponent of marriage defined as "one where married man and wife are lawfully married, are committed to each other for life," and have a homemaker mother and breadwinner male parent.[35] According to his view, women are not deemed junior to men because both are created in God'due south prototype, only each gender has biblically mandated roles.[36] He recommends that married women with children under the age of xviii focus on mothering, rather than work outside the domicile.[37]

In his 2004 volume Matrimony Nether Fire, Dobson suggests that heterosexual wedlock rates in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have been falling, and that this is due to the recognition of aforementioned-sexual activity relationships by those countries during the 1990s. He remarks that the "establishment of spousal relationship in those countries is rapidly dying" as a result, with nearly young people cohabiting or choosing to remain single (living lone) and illegitimacy rates rising in some Norwegian counties up to 80%.[38]

Dobson writes that "every civilization in the earth" has been built upon marriage.[39] He also believes that homosexuality is neither a choice nor genetic, but is caused by external factors during early childhood.[xl] He anecdotally cites every bit evidence the life of actress Anne Heche,[41] [42] who was previously in a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. Criticizing "the realities of judicial tyranny," Dobson has written that "[t]here is no issue today that is more significant to our civilization than the defence of the family unit. Not even the war on terror eclipses it."[ citation needed ]

Critics have stated that Dobson's views on homosexuality do not represent the mainstream views of the mental health community, with Dan Gilgoff referring to the positions of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association on homosexuality.[43] [44]

Views on schooling [edit]

Focus on the Family unit supports[8] private schoolhouse vouchers and revenue enhancement credits for religious schools. According to Focus on the Family website, Dobson believes that parents are ultimately responsible for their children's teaching, and encourages parents to visit their children'southward schools to ask questions and to join the PTA so that they may voice their opinions.[45] Dobson opposes sexual activity education curricula that are not abstinence-only.[46]

According to People for the American Manner, Focus on the Family material has been used to challenge a book or curriculum taught in public schools.[7] Critics, such as People for the American Way, allege that Focus on the Family unit encourages Christian teachers to found prayer groups in public schools.[7] [47] Dobson supports student-led prayer in public schools,[7] and believes that allowing educatee-led Christian prayer in schools does not violate the Commencement Amendment to the Usa Constitution.[48]

Views on discipline within the family [edit]

In his book Dare to Subject, Dobson advocates the spanking of children up to eight years old when they misbehave, merely warns that "corporal punishment should not be a frequent occurrence" and that "discipline must not be harsh and subversive to the kid'south spirit."[ citation needed ] He warns against "harsh spanking" considering "It is not necessary to beat the kid into submission; a footling bit of hurting goes a long way for a young kid. Still, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely."[49]

Dobson has called disciplining children to be a necessary merely unpleasant office of raising children that should only be carried out by qualified parents:

Anyone who has e'er abused a child—or has e'er felt himself losing command during a spanking—should non expose the child to that tragedy. Anyone who has a violent temper that at times becomes unmanageable should not use that approach. Anyone who secretly 'enjoys' the administration of corporal penalization should not be the one to implement information technology.[50]

In his book The Potent-Willed Child, Dobson suggests that if authority is portrayed correctly to a child, the kid will understand how to interact with other authority figures:

By learning to yield to the loving authorisation ... of his parents, a child learns to submit to other forms of dominance which will confront him later in his life—his teachers, school principal, police, neighbors and employers.[51]

In Dobson's opinion, parents must uphold their authority and do so consistently: "When you are defiantly challenged, win decisively."[49] In The Strong-Willed Kid, Dobson draws an analogy between the disobedience of a family unit pet and that of a small kid, and concludes that "merely equally surely equally a dog will occasionally challenge the dominance of his leaders, and then will a little child—simply more so" (emphasis in original).[49]

When asked "How long practise y'all think a child should be allowed to cry after being punished? Is at that place a limit?" Dobson responded:

Yeah, I believe there should be a limit. As long as the tears correspond a genuine release of emotion, they should exist permitted to fall. Just crying quickly changes from inner sobbing to an expression of protestation ... Existent crying usually lasts 2 minutes or less but may go on for five. Later on that point, the kid is merely lament, and the alter tin be recognized in the tone and intensity of his voice. I would require him to finish the protest crying, ordinarily by offering him a petty more of whatever caused the original tears. In younger children, crying tin can easily exist stopped by getting them interested in something else.[52]

Sociologists John Bartkowski and Christopher Ellison have stated that Dobson's views "diverge sharply from those recommended by contemporary mainstream experts" and are not based on any sort of empirical testing, only rather are nix more than expressions of his religious doctrines of "biblical literalism and 'authority-mindedness.'"[53]

Views on tolerance and diversity [edit]

In the winter of 2004-2005, the We Are Family Foundation sent American elementary schools approximately 60,000 copies of a gratuitous DVD using popular cartoon characters (especially SpongeBob SquarePants) to "promote tolerance and diversity."[54] Dobson contended that "tolerance" and "diversity" are "buzzwords" that the We Are Family Foundation misused as function of a "subconscious agenda" to promote homosexuality.[55] Kate Zernik noted Dobson asserting: "tolerance and its first cousin, variety, 'are nearly always buzzwords for homosexual advancement.'"[56] He stated on the Focus on the Family unit website that "childhood symbols are apparently being hijacked to promote an agenda that involves teaching homosexual propaganda to children."[57] He offered as testify the clan of many leading LGBT rights organizations, including GLAAD, GLSEN, HRC, and PFLAG, with the We Are Family Foundation as shown past links which he claims in one case existed on their website.[58]

The We Are Family Foundation countered that Dobson had mistaken their arrangement with "an unrelated Spider web site belonging to another group called 'We Are Family,' which supports gay youth."[59] Dobson countered:

I want to be clear: the We Are Family Foundation—the organization that sponsored the video featuring SpongeBob and the other characters was, until this flap occurred, making available a variety of explicitly pro-homosexual materials on its Web site. Information technology has since endeavored to hibernate that fact, simply my concerns are every bit legitimate today equally they were when I first expressed them in January.[58]

In September 2005, Tolerance.org published a follow-up bulletin advertising the DVD's connected availability, including Nosotros Are Family unit Foundation president Nancy Hunt'south speculation that many of the DVDs may be "still sitting in boxes, unused, considering of Dobson's vitriolic set on."[55]

Views on homosexuality [edit]

Dobson believes that God defines marriage every bit between one man and one woman but and describes this equally the central stabilizing establishment of society.[ citation needed ] Dobson believes that any sexual practice outside of such a union—including homosexuality—cannot be approved by God.[ citation needed ] In Dobson'south view, homosexuality results from influences in a child's environment rather than an inborn trait. He states that homosexual behavior, specifically "unwanted same-sex activity attraction", has been and can exist "overcome" through understanding developmental models for homosexuality and choosing to heal the complex developmental problems which led to same-sexual practice allure.[42]

Focus on the Family ministry building sponsors[8] the monthly conference Love Won Out, where participants hear "powerful stories of ex-gay men and women."[40] Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG) has protested against the conference in Orlando, questioning both its methodology and supposed success.[lx] In regards to the conference, Dobson has stated that "Gay activists come with preconceived notions about who nosotros are and what we believe and virtually the detest that boils from inside, which is simply not true. Regardless of what the media might say, Focus on the Family has no interest in promoting hatred toward homosexuals or anyone else. We besides don't wish to deprive them of their basic constitutional rights ... The Constitution applies to all of usa."[61] Dobson strongly opposes the motility to legitimize same-sex activity relationships.[ commendation needed ] In his book Bringing Up Boys, Dobson states, "[T]he disorder is non typically 'called.' Homosexuals deeply resent being told that they selected this same-sex inclination in pursuit of sexual excitement or some other motive. It is unfair, and I don't arraign them for being irritated by that assumption. Who among us would knowingly choose a path that would result in alienation from family, rejection past friends, disdain from the heterosexual world, exposure to sexually transmitted diseases such every bit AIDS and tuberculosis, and even a shorter lifespan?"[62]

Sociologist Judith Stacey criticized Dobson for claiming that sociological studies show that gay couples do not brand proficient parents. She stated that Dobson's claim "is a direct misrepresentation of my research."[63] In response to Dobson'due south merits that "there have been more than 10 thousand studies that have showed that children do best when they are raised with a mother and a father who are committed to each other,"[ citation needed ] Stacey replied that "[a]ll of those studies that Dobson is referring to are studies that did non include gay or lesbian parents as function of the inquiry base."[64]

Dobson objected to a beak expanding the prohibition of sexual orientation-based discrimination in the areas of "public accommodation, housing practices, family unit planning services and 20 other areas." He said that, were such a beak passed, public businesses could no longer separate locker rooms and bathrooms past gender, which he claimed would pb to a situation where, "every woman and piffling girl will accept to fear that a predator, bisexual, cantankerous-dresser or even a homosexual or heterosexual male might walk in and relieve himself in their presence."[65] [66]

Political and social influence [edit]

Although Dobson initially remained somewhat distant from Washington politics, in 1981 he founded the Family Research Council as a political arm through which "social conservative causes" could achieve greater political influence.[67] In 1996, he cast a vote for U.S. Taxpayers' Party Presidential candidate Howard Phillips.[68]

In late 2004, Dobson led a campaign to block the appointment of Arlen Specter to head of the Senate Judiciary Commission because of Specter's pro-ballgame rights stance.[69] Responding to a question by Trick News personality Alan Colmes on whether he wanted the Republican Party to exist known every bit a "big-tent political party," he replied, "I don't desire to be in the big tent ... I remember the party ought to stand for something."[27] In 2006, Focus on the Family spent more than a half million dollars to promote a ramble subpoena to ban same-sexual practice marriage in its home state of Colorado.[seventy]

A May 2005 article by Chris Hedges in Harper's Mag described Dobson as "maybe the well-nigh powerful figure in the Dominionist movement" and "a crucial role player in getting out the Christian vote for George West. Bush-league."[71] Discernment Ministries, a site that describes dominionism every bit a heresy, characterized Dobson equally belonging to the "Patriotic American" brand of dominionism, calling him "Ane of its most powerful leaders."[72]

In November 2004, Dobson was described by the online magazine Slate as "America's most influential evangelical leader."[4] The article stated "Forget Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who in their dotage have marginalized themselves with gaffes ... Dobson is at present America'southward nearly influential evangelical leader, with a following reportedly greater than that of either Falwell or Robertson at his peak ... Dobson may accept delivered Bush his victories in Ohio and Florida."[4] Farther, "He'south already leveraging his new power. When a thank-y'all call came from the White House, Dobson issued the staffer a blunt warning that Bush "needs to be more ambitious" about pressing the religious right's pro-life, anti-gay rights agenda, or it would "pay a price in iv years". Dobson has sometimes complained that the Republican Party may take the votes of social conservatives for granted, and has suggested that evangelicals may withhold back up from the GOP if the political party does not more strongly back up conservative family unit issues: "Does the Republican Party desire our votes, no cord attached—to courtroom u.s. every two years, so to say, 'Don't phone call me, I'll call you'—and non to care nigh the moral law of the universe? ... Is that what they want? Is that the fashion the system works? Is this the way it's going to be? If it is, I'm gone, and if I go, I will do everything I can to take as many people with me as possible."[7]

Withal, in 2006, Dobson said that, while "there is disillusionment out there with Republicans" and "that worries me greatly," he nonetheless suggested voters turn out and vote Republican in 2006.[73] "My commencement inclination was to sit this one out," but according to The New York Times, Dobson and then added that "he had changed his mind when he looked at who would become the leaders of Congressional committees if the Democrats took over."[67]

Dobson garnered national media attention again in Feb 2008 after releasing a statement in the wake of Senator John McCain's expected success in the so-called "Super Tuesday" Republican primary elections. In his statement, Dobson said: "I cannot, and will not, vote for Senator John McCain, every bit a thing of censor," and indicated that he would refrain from voting altogether if McCain were to get the Republican candidate, echoing other conservative commentators' concerns most the Senator'due south conservatism.[74] He endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.[ citation needed ] After McCain selected an anti-abortion candidate, Sarah Palin, every bit his running mate, Dobson said that he was more than enthusiastic in his support for the Republican ticket.[75] When Palin's 17-year-quondam daughter's pregnancy was revealed, Dobson issued a press release commending Palin's stance, saying,

We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their children and ever advised the girls to meet their pregnancies through, even though there will of course be challenges along the fashion. That is what the Palins are doing, and they should exist commended one time over again for non merely talking virtually their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances.[76]

On June 24, 2008, Dobson criticized statements made past U.South. Presidential candidate Barack Obama in Obama's 2006 "Phone call to Renewal" address.[77] Dobson stated that Obama was "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view."[78] On Oct 23, 2008, Dobson published a "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America" that proposed that an Obama presidency could lead to: mandated homosexual teachings across all schools; the banning of firearms in entire states; the end of the Boy Scouts, home schooling, Christian school groups, Christian adoption agencies, and talk radio; pornography on prime-fourth dimension and daytime idiot box; mandatory bonuses for gay soldiers; terrorist attacks across America; the nuclear bombing of Tel Aviv; the acquisition of most of Eastern Europe past Russia; the terminate of health treat Americans over 80; out-of-control gasoline prices; and complete economical disaster in the Usa, among other catastrophes.[79] In the days after the 2008 presidential ballot, Dobson stated on his radio plan that he was mourning the Obama election, claiming that Obama supported infanticide, would be responsible for the deaths of millions of unborn children, and was "going to appoint the most liberal justices to the Supreme Courtroom, perhaps, that we've ever had."[fourscore] [81]

Dobson supports intelligent blueprint and has spoken at conferences on the subject, and frequently criticizes evolution.[82] In 2007, Dobson was one of 25 evangelicals who called for the ouster of Rev. Richard Cizik from his position at the National Association of Evangelicals considering Cizik had taken a stance urging evangelicals to take global warming seriously.[83]

On June 13, 2007, the National Right to Life Committee ousted Colorado Correct to Life after the latter ran a total-page advertizing criticizing Dobson.[84] [85]

On May 30, 2010, Dobson delivered the pre-race invocation at the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 automobile race, raising criticism about his association with a sport associated with sponsors and activities which would not meet his definition of family-friendly.[86] [87]

At a National Day of Prayer event in the U.S. Capitol, Dobson chosen Barack Obama "the abortion president." He said, "President Obama, before he was elected, made information technology very articulate that he wanted to exist the abortion president. He didn't brand whatever bones almost information technology. This is something that he actually was going to promote and support, and he has done that, and in a sense he is the abortion president." Among others, Rep. Janice Hahn complained because Dobson used the National Solar day of Prayer for partisan purposes. She said, "Dobson just blew a hole into this idea of beingness a nonpartisan National Day of Prayer. It was very agonizing to me ... and really a shame. James Dobson hijacked the National 24-hour interval of Prayer—this nonpartisan, nonpolitical National Day of Prayer—to promote his own distorted political calendar."[88]

Dobson endorsed Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican primaries.[89] Dobson would later on go on to endorse Trump in the general election confronting Hillary Clinton.[90] Dobson has been named past Christianity Today every bit one of the Trump Administration's height "Evangelical Faith Advisers".[91]

In 2020, Dobson worked alongside other conservative Evangelicals and Evangelical organizations, including Jim Daly and Focus on the Family, to back up the reelection of President Donald Trump.[92] He echoed his back up of the President throughout the impeachment proceedings earlier that year.[93]

Ecumenical relations [edit]

Dobson and Charles Colson were two participants in a 2000 briefing at the Vatican on the global economy'due south impact on families.[ citation needed ] During the conference, the 2 Protestants met with Pope John Paul Two. Dobson after told Catholic News Service that though he has theological differences with Roman Catholicism, "when it comes to the family unit, there is far more agreement than disagreement, and with regard to moral issues from abortion to premarital sex, safe-sex credo and homosexuality, I find more than in common with Catholics than with some of my evangelical brothers and sisters."[94]

In Nov 2009, Dobson signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex matrimony and other matters that get against their religious consciences.[95]

Publications [edit]

Dobson has authored or co-authored 36 books, including:

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  • Dobson, James C. (1970). Dare to Discipline. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN0-842-3063-0-vii.
  • Dobson, James C. (1975). What wives wish their husbands knew about women. Tyndale House. ISBN0-84237-8960.
  • Dobson, James (1980). Preparing for Boyhood . Vision House. ISBN0-88449-112-ix.
  • Dobson, James (1982). Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions Almost Raising Children . Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-0620-X.
  • Dobson, James C. (1984). Emotions: Can You Trust Them?. Bantam Books. ISBN0-553-25751-X.
  • Dobson, James C. (1986). Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions about Feelings and Cocky-Esteem. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN0-8423-0621-viii.
  • Dobson, James C. (1986). Temper Your Child's Tantrums. Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-6994-5.
  • Dobson, James (1987). Parenting Isn't for Cowards Dealing Confidently With the Frustrations of Child-Rearing. Word. ISBN0-8499-0630-X.
  • Dobson, James C. (1992). The Strong-Willed Kid. Living Books. ISBN0-8423-2335-X.
  • Dobson, James (1995). Straight Talk : What Men Should Know, What Women Demand to Understand —Rev.and exp.ed. Thomas Nelson. ISBN0-8499-3858-9.
  • Dobson, James C. (1996). The New Dare to Discipline. Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-0506-eight.
  • Dobson, James C. (1997). Solid Answers. Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-0623-4.
  • Dobson, James C. (2000). The Complete Spousal relationship and Family unit Dwelling house Reference Guide. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN0-8423-5267-viii.
  • Dobson, James (2000). Direct Talk to Men. Thomas Nelson. ISBN0-8499-4210-1.
  • Dobson, James (2000). Life on the Border. Thomas Nelson. ISBN0-8499-0927-9.
  • Dobson, James (2001). The New Hibernate or Seek Building Confidence in Your Child. Revell. ISBN0-8007-5680-0.
  • Dobson, James C. (2001). When God Doesn't Make Sense. Living Books. ISBN0-8423-7062-v.
  • Dobson, James C. (2002). Bringing Upwardly Boys Practical Communication and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men. Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-5266-10.
  • Dobson, James C. (2003). Parents' Answer Book. Living Books. ISBN0-8423-8716-1.
  • Dobson, James C. (2004). Romantic Love How to Be Head Over Heels and Even so State on Your Anxiety. Regal Books. ISBN0-8307-3238-1.
  • Dobson, James (2004). Dr. James Dobson on Parenting . Globe Publishing. ISBN0-88486-339-5.
  • Dobson, James (2004). Dearest for a Lifetime Building a Marriage That Volition Go the Altitude. Multnomah Books. ISBN1-59052-087-4.
  • Dobson, James C. (2007). Love Must Be Tough New Hope for Families in Crunch. Tyndale House. ISBN978-ane-4143-1745-8.
  • Dobson, James C. (2007). The New Strong-Willed Child. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN978-1-4143-1363-4.
  • Dobson, James C. (2007). Stories of Heart and Home. Tyndale House. ISBN978-1-4143-1747-2.
  • Dobson, James C. (2010). Bringing Upward Girls: Applied Communication and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women. Tyndale House. ISBN978-i-77036-544-five.

Books with others [edit]

  • primary author Paul C. Reisser; managing editor Melissa R. Cox; editor Vinita Hampton Wright. (October i, 1999). The Focus on the Family Complete Book of Baby and Child Intendance . Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-3512-9. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Foreword)
  • Sutherland, Marking I.; William J. Federer; Roy Moore; James Dobson; Alan Keyes; Ed Meese; Phyllis Schlafly; Matthew D. Staver; Alan Sears (July 4, 2005). Judicial Tyranny The New Kings of America. Amerisearch. ISBN0-9753455-six-7.
  • Dobson, James C.; Shirley Dobson (Apr 16, 2007). Marriage Under Fire: Why We Must Win This Battle. Tyndale House. ISBN978-1-4143-1756-four.
  • Dobson, James C.; Shirley Dobson (April sixteen, 2007). Dark Light A Devotional for Couples. Tyndale House. ISBN978-1-4143-1749-6.
  • Dobson, James C.; Shirley Dobson (April twenty, 2007). Night Light for Parents A Devotional. Tyndale House. ISBN978-1-4143-1751-9.
  • Dobson, James C; Kurt Bruner (January fifteen, 2013). Fatherless. FaithWords. ISBN978-i-4555-1311-vi.
  • Dobson, James C; Kurt Bruner (October one, 2013). Childless. FaithWords. ISBN978-i-4555-1315-4.
  • Dobson, James C; Kurt Bruner (May half dozen, 2014). Godless. FaithWords. ISBN978-one-4555-1316-i.

Notable articles and reports [edit]

  • Dobson served on the committee that wrote the Meese Study on pornography.[96]
  • Dobson, James C. (Dec 12, 2006). "Two Mommies Is One Likewise Many". Fourth dimension. Archived from the original on December thirteen, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2008.

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Notes [edit]

  1. ^ He is commonly referred to every bit "Jim Dobson".

References [edit]

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  4. ^ a b c Crowley, Michael (Nov 12, 2004). "James Dobson: The Religious Right'south New Kingmaker". Slate. Archived from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved Baronial 18, 2016.
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Further reading [edit]

  • Apostolidis, Paul. Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Correct Radio (2000). excerpt and text search, analysis of Dobson'southward radio programs
  • Alexander-Moegerle, Gil (1997). James Dobson's War on America. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN1-57392-122-X.
  • Gilgoff, Dan (Apr 29, 2008). The Jesus Auto How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Civilisation State of war. St. Martin's Printing. ISBN978-0-312-37844-8.
  • Løvdal, Hilde, Family Matters: James Dobson and the Focus on the Family unit'due south Message to American Evangelicals, 1970–2010 (PhD dissertation, Academy of Oslo, Kingdom of norway, 2012).

External links [edit]

  • Dr. James Dobson'south Family Talk
  • Appearances on C-SPAN
  • "And on the Eighth Day, Dr. Dobson Created Himself" – commodity by Eileen Welsome in 5280 Magazine

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