Took a long time, but worth the effort, especially if you grew up as a Southern Baptist Southerner.
Took a long time, but worth the effort, especially if you grew up as a Southern Baptist Southerner.
The Evangelicals explores the history of this branch of Christianity in the US, focusing on the shift into politics about 60 years ago. FitzGerald is a true historian, revealing her subject without her own opinion (until the epilogue). I learned a lot but had to take frequent breaks when the hypocrisy grew too thick. I agree that this book deserved recognition by the NBA.
25+ hours on audio & a dull account of American Evangelicals‘ 1st awakening (1700s-1800s) aside— the 20th century section was wildly interesting. Although not surprising to anyone familiar with the last 60 years, I was anxious to hear how this/that pastor could affect the next election & how thoroughly the Church dictated national policy in the mid-1900s.
The moral: times they are a-changing as the Christian population falls into the minority.
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1. Mostly print, but I got hooked on audiobooks in the last year. Tagged is my current audio. 🎧
2. 8.5 in 👞 8 in 👠
3. PEANUT BUTTER- & jelly, & chocolate, on apples, on bananas. 👌🏻🥜🍫🍎🍌
4. Grey‘s Anatomy. 👩🏼⚕️👨🏽⚕️ Seen the entire series 6+ times. It‘s comforting when I need something familiar to lull me to sleep or provide background noise.
5. @TheBookHippie have you done it yet?? #FriyayIntro
I spent some time reading this article and feeling exactly the same as the author. I was planning to read this because it‘s in the NBA long list. This is real. So many don‘t want to see it or believe it.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomiobaro/i-used-to-be-a-conservative-evangelical-now-i...
This one sounds super interesting --and very relevant. #Stacked! https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/books/review/evangelicals-struggle-to-shap...
I read this for a Shelf review. I think it's already my history pick for 2017. Endlessly eye-opening about why US culture is the way it is-- the volunteerism, the social movements, the individualism and anti-intellectualism, the link between fundamentalism and white supremacy, the fear.... and she can tell a good story too.