That Old-Time Religion in Modern America: Evangelical Protestantism in the Twentieth Century (American Ways Series)
By D. G. Hart.
Description
Many Americans commonly associate evangelical Protestants with the scoldings of the religious right and solicitations of money by televangelists. Whether or not these associations are particularly flattering, it is true that a concern for preserving a moral social order as well as an unrelenting desire to make new converts are traits that have defined evangelicalism throughout American history. In this cogent account, D. G. Hart unpacks evangelicalism's current reputation by tracing its development over the course of the twentieth century. He shows how evangelicals entered the century ...
ISBN(s)
1566634598, 9781566634595
