At the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, a
special edition is out that explores the the politics of the zombie in popular culture.
Though not directly associated with conservatism as such, the megachurch does form the base of much of what passes off as conservative politics in the United States. To this,
Parse has provided readers with an insightful
article on the role of the car in creating this base, courtesy of Adam Graber. Although the car is not a status symbol of either conservatism or progressivism, it nonetheless has had an impact on the Church in its self-identification, which in turn feeds into social processes that nurture what is taken for conservatism in the Anglosphere currently, in contrast to a more "crunchy" form of conservatism from yesteryear. This is explored somewhat in an
article in First Things entitled "the Death of the Parish", by David Koyzis.