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Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)

Summary: "The founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and columnist forThe Atlantic describes how white Protestant Christians have declined in influence and power since the 1990s and explores the effect this has had on America,"--NoveList.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 JON

Meacham, Jon.

Summary: Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill"...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.1 MEA

Meacham, Jon.

Summary: Jon Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. As Meacham shows, faith - meaning a belief in a higher power, and the sense that we are God's chosen people - has always been at the heart of our national experience, from Jamestown to the Constitutional Convention to the Civil Rights...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 322.1 Mea

Stewart, Chris

Contents: The miracle of Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World -- The miracle at Jamestown -- The miracle of a summer fog -- The miracle of our Constitution -- The miracle of Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Gettysburg -- The miracle at Midway -- The miracle of half an inch -- Why America matters.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 STE

Medved, Michael

Summary: In part two of bestselling author and national radio host Medved's sweeping historical narrative, this volume reveals moments of divine destiny in U.S. history from the civil war to modern day. In troubled times, Americans ponder whether God withdrawn his special blessing from the United States. Medved shows that astounding events have always reliably advanced America, restoring faith in the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 MED

Lehmann, Chris

Summary: "A grand, brilliantly written work of American history We think we know the story of American religion: the Puritans were cold, austere, and pious, and Christianity continued pure and uncorrupted until the industrial revolution got in the way. InThe Money Cult, Chris Lehmann argues that we have it backwards: capitalism has always been entangled with religion, and so today's megapastors aren't...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 LEH

Butler, Anthea D.

Summary: "The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do they claim morality while supporting politicians who act immorally by most Christian measures? In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.6 BUT

Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)

Summary: Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 JON

Drain, Lauren.

Summary: "In the bestselling tradition of Escape and Stolen Innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches"--Provided by the publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 286 DRA

Wallis, Jim

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Summary: ""Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends."--Margaret E. Atwood. A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion is true faith that will help re-found democracy It is time says Jim Wallis, to call out...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2024

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