American Evangelicals: A Contemporary History of a Mainstream Religious Movement
American evangelicals are an exciting lot; mainstream television carries primetime specials on them, they are revered for their ability to influence the outcome of American elections, and they are routinely beleaguered in the secular academy. Who are these seemingly very powerful people? Where did t...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 379-381 |
| Review of: | American evangelicals (Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008) (Daughrity, Dyron)
American evangelicals (Lanham, Md. [u.a.] : Rowman & Littlefield Publ., 2008) (Daughrity, Dyron) |
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| Summary: | American evangelicals are an exciting lot; mainstream television carries primetime specials on them, they are revered for their ability to influence the outcome of American elections, and they are routinely beleaguered in the secular academy. Who are these seemingly very powerful people? Where did they come from? Why are they able to attract such attention in mainstream media? These are some of the questions Hankins, a history professor at Baylor University, answers in his short study of American evangelicalism., Hankins's prime motive is to dispel the notion that evangelicals are a distinctive group. Rather, he prefers to highlight the nuance, the differences, and the wide varieties of American evangelicals. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp050 |