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American Apocalypse

A History of Modern Evangelicalism

Matthew Avery Sutton

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ISBN 9780674975439

Publication Date: 03/13/2017

480 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Matthew Avery Sutton is Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University.

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In the New York Times, read Matthew Avery Sutton on the origins of American Christian fundamentalism at 1919 meeting in Philadelphia
At the Guardian, Read Professor Sutton on why leading evangelist Billy Graham was, on the issues of civil rights and environmental health, “on the wrong side of history”
Read Sutton’s Washington Post overview of some evangelical beliefs about an imminent apocalypse—including the possible involvement of Russian President Vladimir Putin
Read an interview with Sutton at Salon
On BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence, listen to Sutton discuss how evangelical Christianity’s belief in an imminent apocalypse influences American foreign policy [at 12:34]
Listen to Sutton’s discussion of American evangelicalism on the Irish radio program Moncrieff [at 36:30]
Listen to an interview with Sutton on WBUR’s Here and Now
Read a New York Times op-ed by Sutton on Christian apocalypticism in recent American politics and watch him expand on that theme on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell [autoplay video]

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2015

A Christian Century Christmas Gift Guide Selection, 2014

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