Looking back, Summer 2012 at Jacksonian America wasn't very Jacksonian. My summer reading list dictated the topic of many of the posts. If you're looking for some reading material, here's a look at the past couple of months. My summer reading list included several books on fundamentalist and evangelical Christianity. You can find my reviews … Continue reading What You Missed This Summer at Jacksonian America
Review of Stephens and Giberson, The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age
I finished off my summer reading about fundamentalist/evangelical Christianity with The Anointed. Co-authors Randall Stephens and Karl Giberson address six main topics about modern evangelical Christianity in the United States: creationism, nationalistic history, psychology, apocalyptic thought, cultural parallelism, and the loose-knit network of leaders and followers that adhere to modern American evangelicalism. Several of the chapters … Continue reading Review of Stephens and Giberson, The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age
Jacksonian America: Society, Personality, and Politics 