Thomas Jefferson
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A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life číst celé
Thomas S. Kidd Boeken
Thomas S. Kidd is een historicus die zich richt op de religieuze geschiedenis van vroeg Amerika. Zijn werk onderzoekt de ingewikkelde relaties tussen geloof, politiek en maatschappij, met de nadruk op de vorming van de Amerikaanse identiteit. Kidd duikt in hoe religieuze overtuigingen vormgaven aan cruciale momenten in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis en hoe deze invloeden tot op de dag van vandaag doorklinken. Zijn schrijfstijl wordt gewaardeerd om zijn analytische diepgang en zijn vermogen om onverwachte verbanden te belichten.
Who Is an Evangelical?
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A leading historian of evangelicalism offers a concise history of evangelicals and how they became who they are todayEvangelicalism is arguably America’s most controversial religious movement. Nonevangelical people who follow the news may have a variety of impressions about what “evangelical” means. But one certain association they make with evangelicals is white Republicans. Many may recall that 81 percent of self‑described white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, and they may well wonder at the seeming hypocrisy of doing so. In this illuminating book, Thomas Kidd draws on his expertise in American religious history to retrace the arc of this spiritual movement, illustrating just how historically peculiar that political and ethnic definition (white Republican) of evangelicals is. He examines distortions in the public understanding of evangelicals, and shows how a group of “Republican insider evangelicals” aided the politicization of the movement. This book will be a must‑read for those trying to better understand the shifting religious and political landscape of America today.