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100 1 $aWicker, Christine $q(Christine Wicker).
245 14 $aThe Fall of the Evangelical Nation$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$c2008.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aEvangelical Christianity in America is dying. The great evangelical movements of today are not a vanguard. They are a remnant, unraveling at every edge. Conversions. Baptisms. Membership. Retention. Participation. Giving. Attendance. Impact upon the culture at large. All are down and dropping. When veteran religion reporter Christine Wicker set out to investigate the evangelical movement, her intention was to forge through the stereotypes and shed new light on this highly divisive religious group. But the story soon morphed into an entirely new and shocking tale of discovery, as Wicker's research unearthed much more than she originally bargained for.Everywhere Wicker traveled she heard whispers of diminishing statistics, failed campaigns, and empty churches. Even as evangelical forces trumpet their purported political and social victories on the national and local fronts, insiders are anguishing over their significant losses and preparing to rebuild for the future. The idea that evangelicals represent and speak for Christianity in America is one of the greatest publicity scams in history, a perfect coup accomplished by savvy politicos and zealous religious leaders who understand the weaknesses of the nation's media and exploit them brilliantly.With her trademark vivid, firsthand reporting, Christine Wicker takes us deep inside the world of evangelicals, exposing the surprising statistics and details of this unexpected fall. Wicker shows us how the virtues of evangelicals are killing them as surely as their vices and that, to fully comprehend how and why this is happening, we'll need to understand both.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cHarperCollins,$d2008.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1048 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 298 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1048 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 298 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aReligion & Spirituality
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