TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sutton,Matthew Avery
TI  - American apocalypse: a history of modern evangelicalism 
T2  - SUNY Series, Praxis Theory in Action
SN  - 9780674736184
AV  - BR1640 .S88 2014eb
U1  - 277.3/082 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Evangelicalism
KW  - History
KW  - Évangélisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Church
KW  - fast
KW  - Evangelikale Bewegung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Evangelikal teologi
KW  - historia
KW  - sao
KW  - Kyrkohistoria
KW  - United States
KW  - Church history
KW  - 20th century
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire religieuse
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Jesus is coming -- Global war and Christian nationalism -- The birth of fundamentalism -- The culture wars begin -- American education on trial -- Seeking salvation with the GOP -- The rise of the tyrants -- Christ's deal versus the New Deal -- Reviving American exceptionalism -- Becoming cold warriors for Christ -- Apocalypse now; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - American Apocalypse shows how a group of radical Protestants, anticipating the end of the world, paradoxically transformed it. Historian Matthew Avery Sutton draws on archival research to document the ways an initially obscure network of charismatic preachers and their followers reshaped American religion, at home and abroad, for over a century. Perceiving the United States as besieged by Satanic forces -- communism and secularism, family breakdown and government encroachment -- Billy Sunday, Charles Fuller, Billy Graham, and others took to the pulpit and airwaves to explain how Biblical end-times prophecy made sense of a world ravaged by global wars, genocide, and the threat of nuclear extinction. Believing Armageddon was nigh, these preachers used what little time was left to warn of the coming Antichrist, save souls, and prepare the nation for God's final judgment. By the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan and conservative Republicans appropriated evangelical ideas to create a morally infused political agenda that challenged the pragmatic tradition of governance through compromise and consensus. Following 9/11, the politics of apocalypse continued to resonate with an anxious populace seeking a roadmap through a world spinning out of control. Pre-millennialist evangelicals have erected mega-churches, shaped the culture wars, made and destroyed presidential hopefuls, and brought meaning to millions of believers. Narrating the story of modern evangelicalism from the perspective of the faithful, Sutton demonstrates how apocalyptic thinking continues to exert enormous influence over the American mainstream today
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