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Title Statement | The kingdom, the power, and the glory: American evangelicals in an age of extremism / Tim Alberta. |
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Author | Alberta, Tim |
Publication | New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,2023. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | x, 493 pages ; |
ISBN | 9780063226883 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07205208 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing-and least understood-people living in America today. In his seminal new book, 'The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory', journalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical preacher, paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. Through the eyes of televangelists and small-town preachers, celebrity revivalists and everyday churchgoers, Alberta tells the story of a faith cheapened by ephemeral fear, a promise corrupted by partisan subterfuge, and a reputation stained by perpetual scandal. For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom-a land set apart, a nation uniquely blessed, a people in special covenant with God. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and cultural inflection points in the context of church teachings and traditions, explaining how Donald Trump's presidency and the Covid-19 pandemic only accelerated historical trends that long pointed toward disaster. Reporting from half-empty sanctuaries and standing-room-only convention halls across the country, the author documents a growing fracture inside American Christianity, journeying with readers through this strange new environment in which loving your enemies is "woke" and owning the libs is the answer to WWJD. |
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By Topic | Christian conservatism--United States |
Christianity and politics--History--21st century--United States | |
Evangelicalism--History--21st century--United States | |
Liberalism--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States |