{"product_id":"american-apocalypse-a-history-of-modern-evangelicalism-9780674975439","title":"American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title, 2015 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first comprehensive history of modern American evangelicalism to appear in a generation, \u003ci\u003eAmerican\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eApocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a group of radical Protestants, anticipating the end of the world, paradoxically transformed it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The history Sutton assembles is rich, and the connections are startling.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e relentlessly and impressively shows how evangelicals have interpreted almost every domestic or international crisis in relation to Christ's return and his judgment upon the wicked...Sutton sees one of the most troubling aspects of evangelical influence in the spread of the apocalyptic outlook among Republican politicians with the rise of the Religious Right...\u003ci\u003eAmerican Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e clearly shows just how popular evangelical apocalypticism has been and, during the Cold War, how the combination of odd belief and political power could produce a sleepless night or two.\"\u003cbr\u003e--D. G. Hart, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Apocalypse \u003c\/i\u003eis the best history of American evangelicalism I've read in some time...If you want to understand why \u003ci\u003ecompromise \u003c\/i\u003ehas become a dirty word in the GOP today and how cultural politics is splitting the nation apart, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Apocalypse \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent place to start.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Stephen Prothero, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSutton, Matthew Avery:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Matthew Avery Sutton is Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSutton, Matthew Avery:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Matthew Avery Sutton is Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523695415570,"sku":"9780674975439","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3ada5d5-1937-45b1-80c8-356d9948fe31.jpg?v=1731162614","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-apocalypse-a-history-of-modern-evangelicalism-9780674975439","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}