The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
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New York Times Bestseller
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year
An Air Mail Best Book of the Year
The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the…
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2 authors picked The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If you think it is crazy how evangelicals can support a politician who seemingly counters the very teachings of Jesus, you’ve got to read this book. I love the writing in this book! That should not be surprising since the author is an outstanding political reporter who also has an insider advantage as the son of a preacher.
LBJ lost the South for a generation, and Tim Alberta explains what happened next!
From William's list on explaining a divided United States of America.
As a lapsed Catholic and quasi-atheist/agnostic college professor studying political polarization, I often think that Christianity has become completely synonymous with white Christian nationalism in the U.S. Alberta’s book chronicles the internal politics within the evangelical church that helps explain this dangerous fusion of evangelicalism with conservative Trumpian politics today.
But, more importantly, his book helped me see that there are still many Christians who reject this version of their faith and who embrace a vision of Jesus more in keeping with the one I grew up loving: gracious, humble, and with unending love for those unlike himself.
From Dannagal's list on understanding identity-driven wrongness in the United States.
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