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This was a pretty solid book!
Simple question: Why did white evangelicals vote overwhelmingly for Trump when he goes against all their values and clearly doesn't know anything about the Bible?
To answer it, the author walks us through a history of white evangelicalism in the United States, starting in the early 20th Century and moving (in detail) through the Reagan years, the Satanic panic, the rise of the Quiverfull movement, post-9/11 militarism, and the Obama/Duck Dynasty era. In one sense, this book serves well as a catalog of names, a sort of "People of Interest" yearbook that you can use as a jumping-off point for more in-depth reading. I grew up in rural Amish country, so I have a childhood understanding of fundie culture, and as an adult I've been interested in knowing more, but it hasn't always been easy to get started. This book is handy because it provides an exhaustive list of names you can Google for yourself and read about in full.
( More thoughts, some personal experience )
Quotes:
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These quotes are all from the introduction. While I highlighted bits and pieces throughout the entire book, it's mostly areas of evangelical history I want to read more about, not the sort of quote that would be fun to read out of context. Besides, I think these show you the tone and point of the book pretty well.
Simple question: Why did white evangelicals vote overwhelmingly for Trump when he goes against all their values and clearly doesn't know anything about the Bible?
To answer it, the author walks us through a history of white evangelicalism in the United States, starting in the early 20th Century and moving (in detail) through the Reagan years, the Satanic panic, the rise of the Quiverfull movement, post-9/11 militarism, and the Obama/Duck Dynasty era. In one sense, this book serves well as a catalog of names, a sort of "People of Interest" yearbook that you can use as a jumping-off point for more in-depth reading. I grew up in rural Amish country, so I have a childhood understanding of fundie culture, and as an adult I've been interested in knowing more, but it hasn't always been easy to get started. This book is handy because it provides an exhaustive list of names you can Google for yourself and read about in full.
( More thoughts, some personal experience )
Quotes:
( Read more... )
These quotes are all from the introduction. While I highlighted bits and pieces throughout the entire book, it's mostly areas of evangelical history I want to read more about, not the sort of quote that would be fun to read out of context. Besides, I think these show you the tone and point of the book pretty well.
