The Making of Evangelicalism: From Revivalism to Politics and Beyond

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With impressively clear prose and a superb command of history best-selling author Randall Balmer offers a spirited history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Effortlessly situating developments in evangelicalism in their wider historical context he demonstrates the ways American social and cultural settings influenced the course of the evangelical tradition. By revealing the four key moments in the movements history he ably demonstrates how American Evangelicalism is truly American. Concluding with a manifesto directing where evangelicalism must go from here forth Balmers The Making of Evangelicalism will interest every readerevangelical mainline secularwho wants to better understand evangelicals today.