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Evangelicalism in America
Randall Balmer
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Description for Evangelicalism in America
Hardback. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRCC2; HRCM; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Evangelicalism has left its indelible mark on American history, politics, and culture. It is also true that currents of American populism and politics have shaped the nature and character of evangelicalism. This story of evangelicalism in America is thus riddled with paradox. Despite the fact that evangelicals, perhaps more than any other religious group, have benefited from the First Amendment and the separation of church and state, several prominent evangelical leaders over the past half century have tried to abrogate the establishment clause of the First Amendment. And despite evangelicalism's legacy of concern for the poor, for women, and ... Read more
Evangelicalism has left its indelible mark on American history, politics, and culture. It is also true that currents of American populism and politics have shaped the nature and character of evangelicalism. This story of evangelicalism in America is thus riddled with paradox. Despite the fact that evangelicals, perhaps more than any other religious group, have benefited from the First Amendment and the separation of church and state, several prominent evangelical leaders over the past half century have tried to abrogate the establishment clause of the First Amendment. And despite evangelicalism's legacy of concern for the poor, for women, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
424g
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781481305976
SKU
V9781481305976
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Ref
99-65
About Randall Balmer
Randall Balmer is John Phillips Professor in Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including, most recently, God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush (2008), Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and ... Read more
Reviews for Evangelicalism in America
As a self-acknowledged sympathizer with classical Evangelicalism, Balmer laments its fading into a mere shadow of its founding idealism. His choice of final essay indicates that he holds little hope for the future of a religion that uses political power as its main form of self-identity in a land founded on religious freedom.
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