TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alberta,  Tim
AU  - 
TI  - The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
SN  - 9780063226883,
U1  - 270.8 
CY  - U.S.A
KW  - Evangelicalism
KW  - Christianity and culture
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Political sciences
N2  - Accessing the highest echelons of the American evangelical movement, Alberta investigates the ways in which conservative Christians have pursued, exercised, and often abused power in the name of securing this earthly kingdom. He highlights the battles evangelicals are fighting--and the weapons of their warfare--to demonstrate the disconnect from scripture: Contra the dictates of the New Testament, today's believers are struggling mightily against flesh and blood, eyes fixed on the here and now, desperate for a power that is frivolous and fleeting. Lingering at the intersection of real cultural displacement and perceived religious persecution, Alberta portrays a rapidly secularizing America that has come to distrust the evangelical church, and weaves together present-day narratives of individual pastors and their churches as they confront the twin challenges of lost status and diminished standing
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