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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing debut novel set in northern Texas about two sisters who discover an unsettling secret about their father, the head pastor of an evangelical megachurch, that upends their lives and community-a story of family, identity, and the delicate line between faith and deception. Luke Nolan has led the Hope congregation for more than a decade, while his wife and daughters have patiently upheld what it means to live righteously. Made famous by...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"With practicality, wit, and a seasoned, serious approach to God's word, R. C. Sproul, one of the twentieth century's most respected theologians, offers intelligent answers to these and many other questions about the Chrisitan faith and lifestyle. Now, That's a Good Question is divided into 22 sections, addressing more than 300 questions. It is a valuable, easy-to-use reference tool that belongs in everyone's library."---from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom--a land set apart, a nation uniquely blessed, a people in special covenant with God. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and cultural inflection points in the context of church teachings...
Author
Series
Martyr's song series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of a stubborn, lost young girl whose remarkable trials and errors drastically alter the events of her life and everyone she meets, ultimately helping her find the secret of how to find true love.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Kingdom of God Has No Borders offers a daring new perspective on conservative Christianity by shifting the lens to focus on the world outside US borders. Melani McAlister offers a sweeping narrative of the last fifty years of evangelical history, weaving a fascinating tale that upends much of what we know-or think we know-about American evangelicals. She takes us to the Congo in the 1960s, where Christians were enmeshed in a complicated interplay...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Chas Smith grew up deeply enmeshed in the evangelical Christian world that flourished in Southern California in the late 1960s. His family included famous missionaries and megachurch pastors, but his cousin Daniel Courson was Grandma's favorite. Smith looked up to Cousin Danny. He was handsome, adventurous, and smart; earned a degree from Bible college; and settled into a family and a stable career. Needless to say, it was a big surprise when Cousin...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A history of the Evangelical movement in America traces the revivals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that rendered evangelism a dominant religious force, describing the rise and fall of denominations and how they influenced American agendas.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
c2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Frank Schaeffer has a problem with Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and the rest of the New Atheists-the self-anointed "Brights." He also has a problem with the Rick Warrens and Tim LaHayes of the world-the religious fundamentalists. The problem is that he doesn't see much of a difference between the two camps. As Schaeffer puts it, they "often share the same fallacy: truth claims that reek of false certainties. I believe that there is an alternative...
16) Suncatchers
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A writer arrives in a South Carolina town to do an expose on a fundamentalist church. Instead of the fanatics and bigots he expected, he meets people who are normal and open minded. A first novel.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A scholar of American Christianity answers perhaps the most bewildering question of our time: Why are evangelicals "the Donald's" most fervent supporters? Donald Trump is a libertine who lacks even basic knowledge of the Christian faith. Yet in 2016 he won 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, and continues to rely on white evangelicals as his base of support. While we assume the religious right has pragmatic reasons for backing Trump, in truth...
Author
Publisher
Westbow Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"On the four corner lots formed by the intersecting of Main and Church Streets in Palmyra, NY, one finds four large Protestant churches today. Two centuries ago on the Smith family farm a few blocks to the south, a teenage Joseph Jr. found himself caught in the rivalry between such churches contentiously competing to claim the allegiance of repentant converts from the most recent revival. He wrote that, while praying in a grove of trees a short walk...
Author
Language
English
Description
The best-selling author of Voices from the Front presents a revealing memoir that recounts his childhood as the sons of evangelicals Francis and Edith Schaeffer, his role in promoting the anti-abortion movement, and the crisis of faith that resulted in his embrace of a secular lifestyle.