Thomas Jefferson
- 320 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life číst celé
Thomas S. Kidd Pořadí knih
Thomas S. Kidd je historik, který se zabývá náboženskými dějinami rané Ameriky. Jeho práce zkoumá složité vztahy mezi vírou, politikou a společností, a to s důrazem na formování americké identity. Kidd se zaměřuje na to, jak náboženské přesvědčení ovlivňovalo klíčové momenty v americké historii a jak tyto vlivy přetrvávají dodnes. Jeho psaní je ceněno pro hloubku analýzy a schopnost osvětlit nečekané souvislosti.
- 2022
- 2020
Who Is an Evangelical?
- 200 stránek
- 7 hodin čtení
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.