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Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back
Blake Chastain
4.2 AVERAGE
45 reviews for:
Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back
Blake Chastain
4.2 AVERAGE
It was… fine.
Decent overview of evangelicalism. Relies heavily on direct quotes rather than actual analysis/interpretation of research. You’re probably better off just adding the bibliography to your TBR.
Biblical scholarship was questionable, but there wasn’t much of it since it wasn’t the focus of the book.
He frequently mentions the importance of whiteness within evangelicalism but doesn’t actually devote much time to the discussion of race.
Overall, it’s pretty shallow and offers nothing that women and people of color haven’t already been saying for ages.
Decent overview of evangelicalism. Relies heavily on direct quotes rather than actual analysis/interpretation of research. You’re probably better off just adding the bibliography to your TBR.
Biblical scholarship was questionable, but there wasn’t much of it since it wasn’t the focus of the book.
He frequently mentions the importance of whiteness within evangelicalism but doesn’t actually devote much time to the discussion of race.
Overall, it’s pretty shallow and offers nothing that women and people of color haven’t already been saying for ages.
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Comprehensive, personal, interesting. A great starting place for understanding American evangelicalism as well as the more recent ex-evangelical movement.
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Very well rounded approach to a big topic. I appreciated that he referenced other writers.
He connected how so many of us feel when the very people that taught us who Jesus was and is and what He stands for are instead committing to the elevation of Trump that has blatant disregard for human beings. The dichotomy of what should be and what actually is is heartbreaking. So many have turned a blind eye to those in need to support Trump.
“It wasn’t just non-Protestant denominations they decried. It was any sort of liberalism or modernism, which after all, blames society’s problems not on the individual, but on the capitalist systems that fundamentalist corporate leaders profited from. In Gleig’s words, “they wanted this orthodox standard to align with, in fact to enshrine their corporate evangelical framework.”… “and instead of saying they had a political agenda, they just said they wanted to get back to old time religion”.
-Blake Chastain
Stop and think about that. Evangelical leaders like Dr. Dobson are making millions of dollars by promoting their own brand of faith only loosely connected to Jesus’s ministry.
Watch out for these false prophets. The “rules” in the Bible were NEVER to be enforced over the love and mercy of God. Jesus preached a people first message and consistently lived that example.
He connected how so many of us feel when the very people that taught us who Jesus was and is and what He stands for are instead committing to the elevation of Trump that has blatant disregard for human beings. The dichotomy of what should be and what actually is is heartbreaking. So many have turned a blind eye to those in need to support Trump.
“It wasn’t just non-Protestant denominations they decried. It was any sort of liberalism or modernism, which after all, blames society’s problems not on the individual, but on the capitalist systems that fundamentalist corporate leaders profited from. In Gleig’s words, “they wanted this orthodox standard to align with, in fact to enshrine their corporate evangelical framework.”… “and instead of saying they had a political agenda, they just said they wanted to get back to old time religion”.
-Blake Chastain
Stop and think about that. Evangelical leaders like Dr. Dobson are making millions of dollars by promoting their own brand of faith only loosely connected to Jesus’s ministry.
Watch out for these false prophets. The “rules” in the Bible were NEVER to be enforced over the love and mercy of God. Jesus preached a people first message and consistently lived that example.