American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism

By Matthew Avery Sutton

Book Overview

In the first comprehensive history of American evangelicalism to appear in a generation, Matthew Sutton shows how charismatic Protestant preachers, anticipating the end of the world, paradoxically transformed it. Narrating the story from the perspective of the faithful, he shows how apocalyptic thinking influences the American mainstream today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674048369
• ISBN13: 9780674048362
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 475 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"