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Evangelical Christian psychologist, author, and radio broadcaster.

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Personal
Born

James Clayton Dobson Jr.


(1936-04-21) April 21, 1936 (age 85)

Shreveport, Louisiana, U.Southward.
Religion Evangelical Christian
Nationality American
Spouse

Shirley Deere

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(g. 1960)​
Children Danae
Ryan
Political party Republican
Constitution (1996)
Notable work(s) Union Under Fire
Education Point Colina Nazarene Academy
University of Southern California
Occupation Psychologist
Writer
Radio Broadcaster
Founder of Family unit Research Quango
Focus on the Family
Senior posting
Website www.drjamesdobson.org

James Clayton Dobson Jr. [a] (born Apr 21, 1936) is an American evangelical Christian writer, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family unit (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.[ane] Although never an ordained minister, he was called "the nation'southward 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 part of his former function in the organization,[v] he produced the daily radio program Focus on the Family, which the organisation has said was circulate in more than a dozen languages and on over seven,000 stations worldwide, and reportedly heard daily by more than 220 1000000 people in 164 countries.[half-dozen] [seven] Focus on the Family was also carried by about sixty U.S. television stations daily.[vi] Dobson also founded the Family Research Council in 1981.[viii] He is no longer affiliated with Focus on the Family. Dobson founded Family Talk as a non-profit organization in 2010 and launched a new radio broadcast, Family 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 cardinal function 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 age of three, in response to an altar call by his begetter.[11] He is the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Church building of the Nazarene ministers.[12]

The parents took their young son along to lookout man his male parent preach. Like most Nazarenes, they forbade dancing and going to movies. Young "Jimmie Lee" (as he was chosen) concentrated on his studies.[thirteen]

Dobson studied academic psychology, which almost evangelical Christians in the 1950s and 1960s did not await upon favorably.[ citation needed ] He came to believe that he was being called to become a Christian counselor or possibly a Christian psychologist.[11] He attended Pasadena College (now Point Hill Nazarene University) as an undergraduate and served as captain of the schoolhouse's tennis team.[14] [15] In 1967, Dobson received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Southern California.[16]

Career [edit]

In 1967, he became an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Academy of Southern California School of Medicine for xiv years.[16] He spent 17 years on the staff of the Children'south Infirmary of Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics.

For a time, Dobson worked as an assistant to Paul Popenoe at the Institute of Family unit Relations, a marriage-counseling center, in Los Angeles.[17]

Dobson arguably showtime became well-known with the publication of Dare to Discipline (1970), which encouraged parents to utilise corporal punishment in disciplining their children.[18] Dobson'due south social and political opinions are widely read amidst many evangelical church congregations in the Us.[19]

In 1977 he founded Focus on the Family unit.[xx] Dobson published monthly bulletins, which were dispensed as inserts in some Sunday church-service bulletins.[21]

Dobson interviewed serial killer Ted Bundy on-camera the day before Bundy's execution on January 24, 1989. The interview became controversial considering Bundy was given an opportunity to attempt to explicate his actions (the rape and murder of xxx young women). Bundy claimed in the interview (in a reversal of his previous stance) that violent pornography played a significant role in molding and crystallizing his fantasies. In May 1989, during an interview with John Tanner, a Republican Florida prosecutor, Dobson chosen for Bundy to be forgiven. The Bundy tapes gave Focus on the Family revenues of over $1 1000000, $600,000 of which it donated to anti-pornography groups and to anti-abortion groups.[22] [23]

Dobson stepped down equally 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 divergence as twofold: one to let a smooth transfer of leadership to the side by side generation, and in this example, to Jim Daly who he directly appointed every bit his replacement. And secondly, due to some differences in opinion about organizational positions which represented "significant 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 too long. By holding the reins of power as the years go by, an executive prevents his arrangement from developing the leadership to deport on when he dies or suddenly decides to pace down. Then a crunch can occur that may even doom the ministry. Nosotros have all seen that happen."

In 2010, Dobson founded the Dr. James Dobson Family Establish,[26] a not-profit organization that produces his radio program, Dr. James Dobson's Family unit Talk.

Dobson frequently appears as a guest on the Fox News Aqueduct.[27]

Personal life [edit]

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

Awards [edit]

At the invitation of Presidents and Attorneys Full general,[7] Dobson has as well served on government advisory 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'south Friend" honor 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 University and was inducted into IWU's Society of Globe Changers, while speaking at the university's Academic Convocation.[six]

In 2008, Dobson's Focus on the Family program was nominated for consecration into the National Radio Hall of Fame.[30] 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 information technology from existence canonical.[32] [33] However, the program garnered enough votes and was subsequently inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.[34]

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Views on union [edit]

James Dobson is a strong proponent of marriage defined equally "one where husband and wife are lawfully married, are committed to each other for life," and have a homemaker mother and breadwinner begetter.[35] Co-ordinate to his view, women are not deemed inferior to men because both are created in God's paradigm, but each gender has biblically mandated roles.[36] He recommends that married women with children under the age of eighteen focus on mothering, rather than work outside the domicile.[37]

In his 2004 book Marriage Under Fire, Dobson suggests that heterosexual union rates in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have been falling, and that this is due to the recognition of same-sex relationships by those countries during the 1990s. He remarks that the "establishment of matrimony in those countries is speedily dying" every bit a issue, with most young people cohabiting or choosing to remain unmarried (living lone) and illegitimacy rates ascent in some Norwegian counties up to eighty%.[38]

Dobson writes that "every culture in the world" has been built upon marriage.[39] He also believes that homosexuality is neither a choice nor genetic, but is acquired by external factors during early childhood.[40] He anecdotally cites as 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 consequence today that is more pregnant to our culture than the defence force of the family. 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 supports[8] private school vouchers and tax credits for religious schools. According to Focus on the Family website, Dobson believes that parents are ultimately responsible for their children's education, and encourages parents to visit their children's schools to ask questions and to join the PTA so that they may voice their opinions.[45] Dobson opposes sex education curricula that are not abstinence-only.[46]

According to People for the American Manner, Focus on the Family material has been used to claiming a volume or curriculum taught in public schools.[7] Critics, such as People for the American Mode, allege that Focus on the Family encourages Christian teachers to institute prayer groups in public schools.[seven] [47] Dobson supports student-led prayer in public schools,[7] and believes that assuasive educatee-led Christian prayer in schools does not violate the First Amendment to the U.s.a. Constitution.[48]

Views on field of study within the family [edit]

In his book Dare to Discipline, Dobson advocates the spanking of children upwards to 8 years old when they misbehave, but warns that "corporal punishment should not be a frequent occurrence" and that "discipline must not be harsh and destructive to the kid'south spirit."[ citation needed ] He warns confronting "harsh spanking" because "It is not necessary to vanquish the child into submission; a little fleck of pain goes a long way for a young child. Nonetheless, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely."[49]

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

Anyone who has e'er driveling a child—or has ever felt himself losing command during a spanking—should not expose the child to that tragedy. Anyone who has a violent atmosphere that at times becomes unmanageable should not use that approach. Anyone who secretly 'enjoys' the assistants of corporal penalization should not be the 1 to implement it.[50]

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

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

In Dobson'south stance, parents must uphold their potency and exercise so consistently: "When y'all are defiantly challenged, win decisively."[49] In The Strong-Willed Child, Dobson draws an illustration between the defiance of a family unit pet and that of a small child, and concludes that "just as surely equally a canis familiaris volition occasionally challenge the authority of his leaders, so will a picayune kid—only more then" (emphasis in original).[49]

When asked "How long practise you think a child should be allowed to weep afterwards being punished? Is there a limit?" Dobson responded:

Yes, I believe there should be a limit. As long every bit the tears represent a genuine release of emotion, they should exist permitted to fall. Only crying quickly changes from inner sobbing to an expression of protest ... Real crying unremarkably lasts ii minutes or less but may continue for five. Later on that point, the kid is merely complaining, and the change tin can exist recognized in the tone and intensity of his voice. I would crave him to finish the protest crying, normally by offer him a picayune more than of whatever caused the original tears. In younger children, crying can easily be stopped by getting them interested in something else.[52]

Sociologists John Bartkowski and Christopher Ellison take stated that Dobson'south views "diverge sharply from those recommended past contemporary mainstream experts" and are not based on whatever sort of empirical testing, but rather are zippo 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 simple schools approximately lx,000 copies of a gratis 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 unit Foundation misused as part of a "hidden agenda" to promote homosexuality.[55] Kate Zernik noted Dobson asserting: "tolerance and its first cousin, diversity, 'are virtually always buzzwords for homosexual advocacy.'"[56] He stated on the Focus on the Family website that "childhood symbols are plain being hijacked to promote an agenda that involves instruction homosexual propaganda to children."[57] He offered as evidence the clan of many leading LGBT rights organizations, including GLAAD, GLSEN, HRC, and PFLAG, with the Nosotros Are Family Foundation every bit shown by links which he claims in one case existed on their website.[58]

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

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

In September 2005, Tolerance.org published a follow-up message advertising the DVD'south continued availability, including We Are Family Foundation president Nancy Chase's speculation that many of the DVDs may exist "still sitting in boxes, unused, because of Dobson's vitriolic assail."[55]

Views on homosexuality [edit]

Dobson believes that God defines marriage as between 1 human being and one woman only and describes this as the central stabilizing institution of society.[ citation needed ] Dobson believes that any sex outside of such a wedlock—including homosexuality—cannot be approved by God.[ citation needed ] In Dobson'southward view, homosexuality results from influences in a child'due south environment rather than an inborn trait. He states that homosexual behavior, specifically "unwanted same-sex attraction", has been and tin can exist "overcome" through understanding developmental models for homosexuality and choosing to heal the complex developmental problems which led to same-sex activity allure.[42]

Focus on the Family unit ministry sponsors[eight] the monthly conference Love Won Out, where participants hear "powerful stories of ex-gay men and women."[forty] 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 briefing, Dobson has stated that "Gay activists come with preconceived notions about who we are and what nosotros believe and about the hate that boils from within, which is simply non truthful. Regardless of what the media might say, Focus on the Family unit has no interest in promoting hatred toward homosexuals or anyone else. We likewise don't wish to deprive them of their basic constitutional rights ... The Constitution applies to all of united states of america."[61] Dobson strongly opposes the motility to legitimize same-sex 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 activity inclination in pursuit of sexual excitement or some other motive. It is unfair, and I don't blame them for being irritated by that assumption. Who amidst usa would knowingly cull a path that would result in alienation from family, rejection past friends, disdain from the heterosexual globe, 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 prove that gay couples do not make good parents. She stated that Dobson'south claim "is a direct misrepresentation of my inquiry."[63] In response to Dobson'southward merits that "there take been more than than ten thou studies that take showed that children do best when they are raised with a female parent and a father who are committed to each other,"[ commendation 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 role of the research base."[64]

Dobson objected to a bill expanding the prohibition of sexual orientation-based discrimination in the areas of "public accommodation, housing practices, family unit planning services and twenty other areas." He said that, were such a bill passed, public businesses could no longer separate locker rooms and bathrooms by gender, which he claimed would lead to a state of affairs where, "every woman and little girl will have to fear that a predator, bisexual, cross-dresser or fifty-fifty 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 afar from Washington politics, in 1981 he founded the Family Research Quango every bit a political arm through which "social conservative causes" could achieve greater political influence.[67] In 1996, he cast a vote for U.Due south. Taxpayers' Party Presidential candidate Howard Phillips.[68]

In late 2004, Dobson led a campaign to cake the appointment of Arlen Specter to head of the Senate Judiciary Committee because of Specter's pro-ballgame rights stance.[69] Responding to a question past Fox News personality Alan Colmes on whether he wanted the Republican Party to exist known equally a "big-tent political party," he replied, "I don't want to be in the large tent ... I think the political party ought to correspond something."[27] In 2006, Focus on the Family spent more than a half 1000000 dollars to promote a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex wedlock in its habitation country of Colorado.[seventy]

A May 2005 commodity past Chris Hedges in Harper'due south Magazine described Dobson as "perhaps the most powerful figure in the Dominionist motion" and "a crucial role player in getting out the Christian vote for George Due west. Bush."[71] Discernment Ministries, a site that describes dominionism as a heresy, characterized Dobson equally belonging to the "Patriotic American" brand of dominionism, calling him "One 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 commodity stated "Forget Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who in their dotage have marginalized themselves with gaffes ... Dobson is at present America's virtually influential evangelical leader, with a following reportedly greater than that of either Falwell or Robertson at his superlative ... Dobson may have delivered Bush-league his victories in Ohio and Florida."[iv] Farther, "He's already leveraging his new power. When a thank-you phone call came from the White House, Dobson issued the staffer a edgeless warning that Bush "needs to exist more aggressive" about pressing the religious right's pro-life, anti-gay rights agenda, or it would "pay a toll in four 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 party does non more than strongly support conservative family issues: "Does the Republican Party want our votes, no string attached—to court united states of america every two years, and and so to say, 'Don't call me, I'll call you'—and not to intendance well-nigh the moral law of the universe? ... Is that what they want? Is that the way the system works? Is this the way it's going to be? If it is, I'k gone, and if I become, I will do everything I can to take equally many people with me as possible."[vii]

However, in 2006, Dobson said that, while "in that location is disillusionment out at that place with Republicans" and "that worries me greatly," he nonetheless suggested voters turn out and vote Republican in 2006.[73] "My outset inclination was to sit this one out," but according to The New York Times, Dobson 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 once again in February 2008 after releasing a argument 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, as a affair of censor," and indicated that he would refrain from voting altogether if McCain were to go the Republican candidate, echoing other bourgeois commentators' concerns about the Senator's conservatism.[74] He endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.[ citation needed ] After McCain selected an anti-abortion candidate, Sarah Palin, as his running mate, Dobson said that he was more enthusiastic in his support for the Republican ticket.[75] When Palin'south 17-year-quondam daughter's pregnancy was revealed, Dobson issued a printing release commending Palin's stance, proverb,

We take always encouraged the parents to love and back up their children and always advised the girls to see their pregnancies through, even though there will of form be challenges along the mode. That is what the Palins are doing, and they should exist commended one time again for not merely talking about 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 fabricated past U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama in Obama'southward 2006 "Telephone 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 October 23, 2008, Dobson published a "Letter of the alphabet 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 Male child Scouts, home schooling, Christian school groups, Christian adoption agencies, and talk radio; pornography on prime-fourth dimension and daytime boob tube; mandatory bonuses for gay soldiers; terrorist attacks across America; the nuclear bombing of Tel Aviv; the conquering of almost of Eastern Europe past Russian federation; the terminate of wellness care for Americans over 80; out-of-control gasoline prices; and complete economic disaster in the United states, amidst other catastrophes.[79] In the days subsequently the 2008 presidential election, Dobson stated on his radio program 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 Court, perhaps, that we've ever had."[80] [81]

Dobson supports intelligent design and has spoken at conferences on the subject, and often criticizes evolution.[82] In 2007, Dobson was ane 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 accept global warming seriously.[83]

On June 13, 2007, the National Right to Life Committee ousted Colorado Right to Life later the latter ran a full-page ad criticizing Dobson.[84] [85]

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

At a National Twenty-four hours of Prayer event in the U.Southward. Capitol, Dobson called Barack Obama "the abortion president." He said, "President Obama, earlier he was elected, made it very articulate that he wanted to be the abortion president. He didn't brand any bones nigh it. This is something that he really 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 considering Dobson used the National 24-hour interval of Prayer for partisan purposes. She said, "Dobson just blew a pigsty into this idea of being a nonpartisan National Mean solar day of Prayer. It was very disturbing to me ... and actually a shame. James Dobson hijacked the National Day of Prayer—this nonpartisan, nonpolitical National Twenty-four hours of Prayer—to promote his ain distorted political agenda."[88]

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

In 2020, Dobson worked alongside other bourgeois 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 support of the President throughout the impeachment proceedings earlier that year.[93]

Ecumenical relations [edit]

Dobson and Charles Colson were two participants in a 2000 conference at the Vatican on the global economy's bear upon on families.[ citation needed ] During the conference, the ii Protestants met with Pope John Paul II. Dobson after told Catholic News Service that though he has theological differences with Roman Catholicism, "when it comes to the family, in that location is far more agreement than disagreement, and with regard to moral problems from abortion to premarital sex, safe-sex ideology and homosexuality, I find more 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 Announcement calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go confronting their religious consciences.[95]

Publications [edit]

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

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  • Dobson, James C. (1970). Cartel to Discipline. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN0-842-3063-0-vii.
  • Dobson, James C. (1975). What wives wish their husbands knew virtually women. Tyndale House. ISBN0-84237-8960.
  • Dobson, James (1980). Preparing for Adolescence . Vision House. ISBN0-88449-112-9.
  • Dobson, James (1982). Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions Virtually Raising Children . Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-0620-X.
  • Dobson, James C. (1984). Emotions: Tin You Trust Them?. Bantam Books. ISBN0-553-25751-X.
  • Dobson, James C. (1986). Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions virtually Feelings and Self-Esteem. Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-0621-8.
  • 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 Kid-Rearing. Discussion. ISBN0-8499-0630-X.
  • Dobson, James C. (1992). The Potent-Willed Child. Living Books. ISBN0-8423-2335-X.
  • Dobson, James (1995). Straight Talk : What Men Should Know, What Women Need to Understand —Rev.and exp.ed. Thomas Nelson. ISBN0-8499-3858-9.
  • Dobson, James C. (1996). The New Dare to Discipline. Tyndale Firm. ISBN0-8423-0506-viii.
  • Dobson, James C. (1997). Solid Answers. Tyndale Firm. ISBN0-8423-0623-4.
  • Dobson, James C. (2000). The Complete Matrimony and Family Home Reference Guide. Tyndale Firm. ISBN0-8423-5267-8.
  • Dobson, James (2000). Straight Talk to Men. Thomas Nelson. ISBN0-8499-4210-1.
  • Dobson, James (2000). Life on the Edge. Thomas Nelson. ISBN0-8499-0927-9.
  • Dobson, James (2001). The New Hide or Seek Building Confidence in Your Child. Revell. ISBN0-8007-5680-0.
  • Dobson, James C. (2001). When God Doesn't Make Sense. Living Books. ISBN0-8423-7062-5.
  • Dobson, James C. (2002). Bringing Upward Boys Applied Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men. Tyndale House. ISBN0-8423-5266-Ten.
  • Dobson, James C. (2003). Parents' Answer Book. Living Books. ISBN0-8423-8716-1.
  • Dobson, James C. (2004). Romantic Beloved How to Be Caput Over Heels and All the same Land on Your Feet. Majestic Books. ISBN0-8307-3238-1.
  • Dobson, James (2004). Dr. James Dobson on Parenting . World Publishing. ISBN0-88486-339-5.
  • Dobson, James (2004). Love for a Lifetime Building a Wedlock That Will Go the Distance. Multnomah Books. ISBN1-59052-087-4.
  • Dobson, James C. (2007). Love Must Be Tough New Hope for Families in Crisis. Tyndale House. ISBN978-1-4143-1745-viii.
  • Dobson, James C. (2007). The New Strong-Willed Child. Tyndale House. ISBN978-one-4143-1363-4.
  • Dobson, James C. (2007). Stories of Heart and Home. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN978-one-4143-1747-2.
  • Dobson, James C. (2010). Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Side by side Generation of Women. Tyndale Business firm. ISBN978-1-77036-544-5.

Books with others [edit]

  • principal author Paul C. Reisser; managing editor Melissa R. Cox; editor Vinita Hampton Wright. (October 1, 1999). The Focus on the Family Complete Volume of Baby and Child Care . Tyndale Business firm. ISBN0-8423-3512-9. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Foreword)
  • Sutherland, Mark 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. ISBN0-9753455-6-vii.
  • Dobson, James C.; Shirley Dobson (April 16, 2007). Marriage Under Fire: Why We Must Win This Battle. Tyndale Firm. ISBN978-i-4143-1756-4.
  • Dobson, James C.; Shirley Dobson (April 16, 2007). Night 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-i-4143-1751-9.
  • Dobson, James C; Kurt Bruner (January 15, 2013). Fatherless. FaithWords. ISBN978-one-4555-1311-half-dozen.
  • Dobson, James C; Kurt Bruner (October i, 2013). Childless. FaithWords. ISBN978-1-4555-1315-4.
  • Dobson, James C; Kurt Bruner (May 6, 2014). Godless. FaithWords. ISBN978-one-4555-1316-ane.

Notable articles and reports [edit]

  • Dobson served on the committee that wrote the Meese Report on pornography.[96]
  • Dobson, James C. (December 12, 2006). "Two Mommies Is I Too Many". Fourth dimension. Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2008.

Encounter besides [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ He is commonly referred to as "Jim Dobson".

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Further reading [edit]

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

External links [edit]

  • Dr. James Dobson'southward Family unit Talk
  • Appearances on C-SPAN
  • "And on the Eighth Mean solar day, Dr. Dobson Created Himself" – article by Eileen Welsome in 5280 Magazine

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