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The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values
Ben Howe
3.6 AVERAGE
30 reviews for:
The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values
Ben Howe
3.6 AVERAGE
challenging
medium-paced
slow-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I think this is a great book from a true conservative’s perspective on the rise of trump on the right and the new conservative movement. The last chapter and the first chapter couldve been shaved down.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
If you are a christian who finds themselves looking around at God's people and wondering what the hell (literally) happened to them, this book is extremely valuable. I only wish Howe's book covered 2019-to today.
I’m a liberal Democrat. I really enjoyed learning about how some of a group I will never understand in general, supported a person that by all logic they shouldn’t have. But also a good book for people who want to be introspective. None of us is without fault, not in life and not as it pertains to the current political climate.
I finished this one and Kristin Kobes du Mez's "Jesus and John Wayne" within ten days of each other, which added up to quite a one-two punch. This particular title is more memoir-ish than JaJW (which is a more academic treatment).
I thought that this book did a great job of explaining the “vessel theology” that some evangelical Christians apply to Donald Trump. I did have some reservations about halfway through the book when the author bravely reminded me again to a reprehensible tweet he sent out in 2014 regarding Michael Brown’s murder, but it was an okay read altogether. Would have preferred some of the hard-hitting theology throughout the text, not so much reserved for the final chapter(s?). This book also only represents trump and trumpism through 2019, which really undershoots the crazy that comes after that time period.
Very well presented audio book; however, I'm not sure who Howe's intended audience is nor do I think that he is completely clear on the "Why" of the title. The "who," "what," "when" are clearly spelled out, but somehow, "they were beaten down and made ornery because of the left's treatment of W" is a bit weak, and that plus the possibility that they were hypocrites all along are about the only options offered.