The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Twarda oprawa – 5 grudnia 2023
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"Brave and absorbing." -- New York Times
"Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a farcical scene in vivid hues." -- Washington Post
"An astonishingly clear-eyed look at a murky movement." -- Los Angeles Times
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 pastor, 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 and journeys with readers through this strange new environment in which loving your enemies is "woke" and owning the libs is the answer to WWJD.
Accessing the highest echelons of the American evangelical movement, Alberta investigates the ways in which conservative Christians have pursued, exercised, and often abused power in the name of securing this earthly kingdom. He highlights the battles evangelicals are fighting--and the weapons of their warfare--to demonstrate the disconnect from scripture: Contra the dictates of the New Testament, today's believers are struggling mightily against flesh and blood, eyes fixed on the here and now, desperate for a power that is frivolous and fleeting. Lingering at the intersection of real cultural displacement and perceived religious persecution, Alberta portrays a rapidly secularizing America that has come to distrust the evangelical church, and weaves together present-day narratives of individual pastors and their churches as they confront the twin challenges of lost status and diminished standing.
Sifting through the wreckage--pastors broken, congregations battered, believers losing their religion because of sex scandals and political schemes--Alberta asks: If the American evangelical movement has ceased to glorify God, what is its purpose?
- Długość wersji drukowanej512 str.
- JęzykAngielski
- WydawcaHarperCollins
- Data publikacji5 grudnia 2023
- Wymiary15.24 x 3.56 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-10006322688X
- ISBN-13978-0063226883
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"Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a farcical scene in vivid hues." -- Washington Post
"Well researched and comprehensive." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Brave and absorbing." -- New York Times
"Alberta adeptly illustrates how Christian nationalism is 'destroying the evangelical church' on a big-picture level, as well as how it's justified individually, framed scripturally, and blared over pulpits in support of hyper-conservative political candidates. While he suggests a 'true Christianity' might still be salvageable, Alberta's own evidence reveals how deep the rot has already spread. It's an incisive, unsparing look at a movement in crisis." -- Publishers Weekly
"Alberta's is an astonishingly clear-eyed look at a murky movement." -- Los Angeles Times
O autorze
Tim Alberta is a staff writer for The Atlantic, the former chief political correspondent for Politico, and has written for dozens of other publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, and Vanity Fair. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump. He co-moderated the final Democratic presidential debate of 2019 and frequently appears as a commentator on television programs in the U.S. and around the world. He lives in Michigan with his wife and three sons.
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- Wydawca : HarperCollins (5 grudnia 2023)
- Język : Angielski
- Twarda oprawa : 512 str.
- ISBN-10 : 006322688X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0063226883
- Wymiary : 15.24 x 3.56 x 22.86 cm
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There are also bits of hope, as Alberta talks to Christians who have not bowed the knee to the orange idol, like Russell Moore, Julie Roys, David French, and the pastor who succeeded his late father. I'm not sure I share his optimism about the prospects of steering more of the church back toward Jesus, but it is good to be reminded that such efforts exist (I think of myself as a part of that, having cowritten "Christ or Caesar: Church and Nation in Christian Perspective").
The one aspect I felt was missing, perhaps reflecting the author's church background, was the extremes of the charismatic movement, notably the "New Apostolic Reformation," which played a large role in the events of Jan. 6 and which advances an influential narrative of Trump as the person protecting American Christians from demonic forces. The book would have been more complete had there been a chapter about Peter Wagner, Lance Wallnau, Cindy Jacobs, Dutch Sheets, etc. Those interested in filling in that gap should catch the recent podcast "Charismatic Revival Fury."