evangelicalism

"Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she's pregnant with--she believes--the child of God. Distraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck"--.

"A memoir about the author's Evangelical upbringing and how it's impacted her life as an adult"--.

Important and timely book which illuminates the end-times beliefs that shape millions of American's view of current events.

During a camp-out promoting the opening of a donut shop in a small Minnesota town, sixteen-year-old Emma, an aspiring journalist, begins to connect an ongoing pollution investigation with the turmoil in the evangelical Christian church where her parents are pastors.

Examines the evangelical defense used to justify slavery in the nineteenth century and explains how it influenced the South's moral, intellectual, and socio-economic development and its conflict with the North.

A collection of essays which define "the religious right", discussing their attitudes regarding foreign policy, economic and social justice, homosexuality, and AIDS, from differing viewpoints. Includes a section on televangelists.

After fifteen-year-old Phillip Flowers meets Rebekah, he struggles with faith, family, friendship, and first love as he tries to become the kind of person he thinks she wants him to be and discovers that life goes on even after dealing with the complex questions about life.

An examination of the religious right and its role in American life, looking at the influence of religion on legislation and society, and exploring the alignment of the religious right and the political right.