Title American apocalypse : a history of modern evangelicalism / Matthew Avery Sutton

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 459 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY Series, Praxis Theory in Action SUNY series, praxis, theory in action. Contents Jesus is coming -- Global war and Christian nationalism -- The birth of fundamentalism -- The culture wars begin -- American education on trial -- Seeking salvation with the GOP -- The rise of the tyrants -- Christ's deal versus the New Deal -- Reviving American exceptionalism -- Becoming cold warriors for Christ -- Apocalypse now Summary American Apocalypse shows how a group of radical Protestants, anticipating the end of the world, paradoxically transformed it. Historian Matthew Avery Sutton draws on archival research to document the ways an initially obscure network of charismatic preachers and their followers reshaped American religion, at home and abroad, for over a century. Perceiving the United States as besieged by Satanic forces -- communism and secularism, family breakdown and government encroachment -- Billy Sunday, Charles Fuller, Billy Graham, and others took to the pulpit and airwaves to explain how Biblical end-times prophecy made sense of a world ravaged by global wars, genocide, and the threat of nuclear extinction. Believing Armageddon was nigh, these preachers used what little time was left to warn of the coming Antichrist, save souls, and prepare the nation for God's final judgment. By the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan and conservative Republicans appropriated evangelical ideas to create a morally infused political agenda that challenged the pragmatic tradition of governance through compromise and consensus. Following 9/11, the politics of apocalypse continued to resonate with an anxious populace seeking a roadmap through a world spinning out of control. Pre-millennialist evangelicals have erected mega-churches, shaped the culture wars, made and destroyed presidential hopefuls, and brought meaning to millions of believers. Narrating the story of modern evangelicalism from the perspective of the faithful, Sutton demonstrates how apocalyptic thinking continues to exert enormous influence over the American mainstream today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Evangelicalism -- History RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. Evangelicalism Evangelikale Bewegung Evangelikal teologi -- historia. Kyrkohistoria. SUBJECT United States -- Church history -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139929 Subject United States USA Genre/Form Church history History Church history. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674736184 0674736184 0674048369 9780674048362

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