The Young Evangelicals;: Revolution In Orthodoxy

Plot

"Evangelical Christians have finally arrived, smack in the middle of the American dream. Celebrities who only a few years ago were laughing at the term now unabashedly declare that they too are "born again." Dr. Gallup finds that one person in three has had a born again experience. After years of being alternately ignored, patronized, and ridiculed, evangelicals are now said to be the dominant force in American religious life. Yet most Americans know surprisingly little about this energized wave of religious fervor that shapes American evangelical Christianity today. This book is a complete "who's who and what's what" guide to the world of today's born again Christians, written from the unique perspective of an insider in the movement. Here are the movers, the shakers, the publications, the colleges--and the finances--that make U.S. evangelicalism go. But where? To the boardrooms and exclusive clubs of America's affluent tier? To control of great publishing and communications net-works? And if America's evangelicals scale heights like these, what will happen to the faith and witness that began it all? Richar Quebedeaux (the title of whose first book, The Young Evangelicals, immediately became a part of our religious language) writes with wit, liveliness, and intelligence of the dangers inherent in "too much too soon" acceptance for born again Christians. Piquant and convincing, The Worldly Evangelicals clearly situates where the movement is now and possible future directions. And Evangelicals themselves will have to look seriously to its critique if they are to avoid gaining the world--only to lose their soul." - Publisher