The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

by Tim Alberta

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Theology & Faith

Alberta's case is that much of American evangelicalism has traded the pursuit of Christ's kingdom for partisan power, and its churches are paying for it. A conservative Presbyterian pastor's son, he reports from churches and conventions across the country, so you hear from televangelists, pastors and ordinary congregants.

Core ideas
  • Two turning points: The Carter years pulled evangelicals into politics, and rapid cultural change under Obama stoked the anxieties that fed Trump's rise.
  • Two pastors: Robert Jeffress backs Trump and says evangelicals are persecuted, while Russell Moore's criticism of Trump led to his 2021 exit from the Southern Baptist ethics commission.
  • Not the end: Trump and the pandemic sped up a crisis already underway, but the book closes on Christians resisting it.
Published2023
Pages506
ISBN9780063226883
ReadDec 2023

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